PieFedQuick-Start Guide to Fediverse Governance Decisions
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Much more at https://fediverse-governance.github.io/
Can someone ELI5 so I can get enough dopamine to go read the whole thing?
"So you're building a Fediverse server? Here's a bunch of things to think about and to decide." It's a short 6 pages text, rather quick to read.
EDIT: by "building a Fediverse server" I don't mean the software, I mean the instance itself. You know: hosting it, administrating it, moderating it, creating a community, etc. The main points that the text talks about are governance, vibes, documentation, mod team, decision making, community involvement, money, legal stuff, contact with other server operators.
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That's a fascinating bit of information. I would expect 5 moderators to provide coverage for more users. I am wondering how they came up with that statistic (will update the comment if I find an answer).
Interesting idea, wondering what's the IRL presence of the fediverse...
That's soooo important, I love when communities create polls to decide on policy changes.
I have followed some discussion on multi-level hierarchies on the fediverse, wondering if there are any instance implementing that...
Hell no!
That's a big issue, I would be interested in hosting an instance available to other people, but I don't want to end up in jail and I lack the resources to make sure that won't happen...
That was an interesting read, it seems there is an in-depth analysis of the report here.
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For context, I am the top donor at my instance, I recognize that there is a need for funds. BUT, I believe it's important for the fediverse to be accessible to everyone regardless if they have the funds for that.
If other people want to pay and be paid, that's fine, but for a lot of people in the open source sphere it leaves a bit of a bad taste.
Basically it becomes something very different once it's a product you're selling. I'm honestly not sure it's a good advice - your users will rightfully expect a lot more from you if they pay for the product, and you'll probably not make enough money for it to really make sense. So it'll be more work, more obligations, and monetary incentives won't be strong enough for it to make sense.
Encouraging users to make donations to cover the cost of operation, on the other hand, makes all the sense in the world.
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I'm happy it's working for you! Communick also seems to be a bit of a different concept than paying a monthly fee for a user on a Mastodon instance.
At least personally, I'm willing to give a monthly contribution to my Mastodon instance to keep it up and running, but if it started charging its users (even if it was a smaller sum than what I currently contribute) I would cut the donations and flee elsewhere. I guess I'm neither a rational consumer nor a "good" supporter, but that's just who I am I guess.
Of course it's great if people can have healthy transactional relationships. And we need to normalize paying for products like software and social media, even if it's available for free. But having the user-generated internet hidden behind a paywall will not, for me, ever be an acceptable solution.
@rglullis @cabbage In a way, it's just like splitting utility bills with flatmates.
Many instances do the same. They require members to pay at least a (reasonable) minimum amount in a year. This is also well stated since day 0 in their registration form.
It's more like for instance admins rather than the developers of the server software itself. At least that's how I understand it.
By "building a Fediverse server" I meant exactly that, not software developers. (Thanks for pointing it out though - it means that my explanation was ambiguous. I'll edit the above accordingly.)
Right, as a software developer myself, I equated "build" as "building" the software, not "building" the community or administration around an instance 😅
Ah, that explains it.
It's kind of funny because when I used the word "building" the first thing that came to my mind was the server as a house - like, you're building a digital home for a bunch of people. So the idea was in the opposite direction as yours. Just language things.
I think also the use of the word "server" instead of "instance", but it's quite a small semantic nitpick.
@rimu Super relevant publication! I also suggest the full length report. It is a must!
That's not a quick-start guide, that's a novel.
If you call 6 pages a novel, that’s on you…
not even full pamphlet lenght