Cathal GarveyThe whole witches-town debacle ought to be a lesson in the social dynamics of the fediverse - you can't let a community of hundreds or thousands rely on the largesse of a single individual. If they control the domain, server, database... They can withdraw access to those things at any time. Approaches like social.coop are potentially more sustainable, provided as ever that they don't rely on any single people, especially for the domain.
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