this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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Hmm. Does this mean that it's expensive to run this whole Fediverse thing and that the money is running out?
The Fediverse can not run out of money.
In theory, every user could host their own Fedi Instance and it would still be the Fediverse. As a community we should work towards enabling people to do just that by providing comprehensive and multilingual tutorials and support. If the big instances really do crash, for whatever reason, people would be prepared.
Also, smaller instances don't cost much money. A simple Minecraft server is more expensive to host. At least when it comes to Lemmy. Obviously something like a Peertube instance can become expensive when you want other users to make their accounts on it.
What about moderation? That makes it way more work than a Minecraft server right?
When you have your own instance? No.
It means that many servers have shutdown due to costs. That there will be more users due to Twitters incompetence a due to platforms adopting ActivityPub down the line. This will have significant strain on resources, remaining with only a donation option is dangerous