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So how long until the Fediverse is monetized? (lemmy.world)

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

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I'm fairly new and don't 100% understand it yet, but instances are run on servers that require money. Are we heading towards seeing ads or subscriptions to raise funds instead of relying on donations to cover overhead?

Especially with the influx of new users. Hardware upgrades are needed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just like there's Lemmy and Kbin that powers the "threadiverse" / reddit-like portion of the fediverse, Mastodon is only one software that enables micro-blogging like experiences. There's Pleroma, Misskey and many more. And of course there's always the possibility for more to be developed over time.
Of Mastodon there's likely hundreds of so-called "forks" out there. Since it is open source, people can take that source code, and host their own version of the project. This means they can make their own changes, include changes by others, remove features they don't like, and so on.
Mastodon is not just run by a handful of people owned by a corporation, forced to work for them. Large parts of the project are contributed by volunteers, which can jump ship to another implementation as soon as they feel like the one they've contributed to is not acting in the interest of users.
Admins which actually host Mastodon instances get to decide when to update to a newer version, or whether they want to use a fork that includes the features they like (which the "official" Mastodon project has not (yet) included) or anti-features that might've been put there due to pressure from outside (possible but less likely).

The power here is in the hands of users and admins. We just have to be careful not to let a company like Google or Facebook/Meta take control over a substantial portion of the fediverse. See also: How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I do agree with most of your points, except for one.

Mastodon is not just run by a handful of people owned by a corporation, forced to work for them.

Yes, for now. What happens when it requires so much administration and development that someone needs to manage it? Eventually, it will get big enough that its required to be a company. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes and Mastodon itself is a registered non-profit organization. There's a few people they're able to pay to work on the projects, thanks to sponsors and donations. But there's a lot more contributors (over 800). I think the people doing valuable work on FOSS projects have a lot of opportunity to work elsewhere if they feel like they're being made to do things antithetical to their values. Not to mention the amount of noise they could make to expose the project and its shady goals, if that were the case. Things do work differently for FOSS projects than your average for-profit investor-driven project.