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1. ar.al🌻 (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Sep-2018 06:16:35 EDT ar.al🌻

   Dear Fediverse,

   Soon, some venture capitalist will put $5 million into a startup that offers free fediverse accounts with unlimited storage, etc.

   Unless every other instance instantly blocks such a service from Day 1, you can kiss your fediverse goodbye and say hello to a new Gmail. Once network effects kick in, they will make the rules.

   It _can_ happen here but you have an opportunity to kill it before it does.

   #centralisation #fediverse

   1. Hiker (hikerus@social.bitcast.info)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Sep-2018 09:41:04 EDT Hiker

      in reply to
      @aral This capitalist seems not to understand how decentralisatiton works - it's not a question of lot of money. So : No chance! #fediverse
   2. ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ (pnathan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Sep-2018 10:44:07 EDT ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️

      in reply to

      . @aral

      This service will probably be faster, more reliable, and have admins who won't be stressed for money.

      It will, in fact, be more effective in everything except the hard anti fascism that characterizes the Mastodonites. Because of the paid nature of the admins, they will show up to all the community meetings, giving them a substantial edge over the tired volunteers.

      So let's have a better suggestion: big instances should pay admins and mods. Governance, not the kindness of 1 geek.