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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by toss1 on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:18AM (#33121675)
Is there anything to prevent a person/group from setting up a Mastadon instance with a charge to cover hosting, admin, & support costs (something like businesses charging for service on Open Source software support)? This could both make it more stable and sustainable and be a barrier to bots/trolls.
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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by proactivesvcs on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:35AM (#33121924)
Nope - Mastodon supports invite-only which can aid in this sort of set-up; I'm sure other platforms do as well. And if one runs a close-knit community (which takes more than expertise and infrastructure), donations or something like a Patreon scheme can work.
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Re:Mastodon.technology Shutdown by numpad0 on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:40PM (#33125967)
Musk suggested that for Twitter and responses were not positive at all.
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