Why Mastodon and the fediverse are “doomed to fail”

-> a small rant about how the profit lens distorts our understanding of success vs. failure:

https://write.as/eloquence/why-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-are-doomed-to-fail

@eloquence This is interesting! I've wanted to start my own instance for awhile (currently working with @p on that) and I mean I'd have two funding goals:

1. It can raise enough money to pay for itself (covers its own costs)
2. It can raise enough buffer to start other federated or #FOSS sister services/projects

I mean it'd be cool to have a career out of running a #Fediverse instance running just off of the donations but I'm not seeing it as all that feasible rn...

@realcaseyrollins @eloquence @p In order for that to work, I think you need to use a monthly crowdtipping service like Patreon or Subscribe Star as I think one-time donations won't be enough.