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Post #1585013
2026-04-23 15:49 UTC
Replies (5)
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@evan@cosocial.ca 2026-04-23 19:24
@fediversereport@mastodon.social "But the Activitypub protocol specification does not even mention the concept of servers or instances." This seems like a relatively easy statement to test, @laurenshof !
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@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 2026-04-23 15:56
@fediversereport "...to figure out what the new institutions that are needed to build a better social internet actually look like. [...] And it seems that the main open question is: what will be the shape of the organisations that will actually build the future of the social internet?" As always, excellent read. Thank you for your continued insights!
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@observer@socialhub.activitypub.rocks 2026-04-23 16:10
I think a large thing that is not talked about for fediverse servers is total cost of ownership, from your wallet and your time. I ran one of the larger servers for over 10 years and the $99 a month in cost to the server host was the smallest of my overall costs. Once you add in legal fees for lawyers when some random user decides to upload a photo of a minor or someone reports your server as a spammer because they forgot they signed up for your service and you end up with IP or domain name bans things add up money wise and stress wise pretty quick. On top of that when you allow others you also become tech support for anyone who does not get it or can not login etc. I think until grandma can host her own instance in 1 click, like signing up for a gmail account then we will continue to see the churn of new servers by the hour, and dead servers by the hour.
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@df@s.dfaria.eu 2026-04-23 17:08
@fediversereport Maintaining a server for a single user on the Fediverse is extremely cost-effective, since it can be hosted on any shared hosting service, just like a personal website. The same cannot be said for atprotocol: there are no cheap and easy ways to have a truly decentralized system. That is why I still see a future for the #Fediverse.
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@luca@sironi.xyz 2026-04-23 18:47
@fediversereport Fediverse is resilient because everyone can afford to run a family server. What about a different path where no new big servers are needed because each user is on its own server ? Software like #holossocial can solve the need of technical skills