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Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am shocked. Shocked! /s

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't get why, I can't see this be difficult or costly to run, but then again I have no clue, never ran a Mastodon instance.

I would assume that it's not worth the small reach compared to running X / Bluesky / Threads accounts but then again, like I said, the cost must be super small. 🤷

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago

If Mozilla doesn't discontinue a Mastodon server with under 300 people, how will it continue funding the $65 million AI and venture capital investments they've been making?! 😬

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Running the server probably costs about $100 per year, plus one person's $180,000 salary

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure why they created one to begin with