@pea @dansup Once you start getting into freemium business models and measuring user interaction then it all starts to move in the direction of being Twitter 2.0, or worse, something like gmail. Having an easy way to sponsor an instance is a good idea, but avoid big sponsors and try to keep it grassroots. Corporate colonialism is always a possibility and if the fediverse continues to grow then you can be sure that the usual suspects will be thinking of strategies to take it over.