We make fun of Website Boy, but the idea, "people will pay* us to create some cool software; we'll run servers with economies of scale but other people can run their own servers and provide their own moderation if they want; if someone burns out or runs out of cash people can just migrate to another server" is brilliant.
Because the fact is, running a social media site is exhausting and expensive. Not everyone can do it, certainly not forever.
* I am also a Mastodon patron.
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Dana Fried
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2024-09-09 21:05:32 UTC
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