So I don't think people will all necessarily run Mastodon servers
From a business perspective, why would anyone run a Mastodon server? The best answer I can conceive of is reliability. But reliability also implies an interest in "private" communication and/or moderation.
The bottom line is this --- "federation" is not incentivized in any obvious way that I can see. Am I missing something? Lacking this, network growth and long term viability look questionable. It's really a charity operation with people asking for donations to cover costs?
From a business perspective, why would anyone run a Mastodon server? The best answer I can conceive of is reliability. But reliability also implies an interest in "private" communication and/or moderation.
The bottom line is this --- "federation" is not incentivized in any obvious way that I can see. Am I missing something? Lacking this, network growth and long term viability look questionable. It's really a charity operation with people asking for donations to cover costs?
How well does this model work for open source?