Curious what y’all think about this.

[markwyner@mas.to]

Curious what y’all think about this. Mastodon is gonna spin up a new revenue stream: hosted instances.

It sounds like everything about Mastodon will be the same, but instead of having to build/maintain your own server, they’ll do it for you.

I actually think this is a meaningful way to encourage more orgs to set up camp here.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/service-offerings-from-mastodon/

#Mastodon #Hosting #JoinMastodon #Fediverse

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@markwyner
Are you all nuts!? I was out as soon as I read "revenue stream".
Buy up enough servers, own the Fedi.
Have we not learned from the past? The dollar sign is the bottom line.

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@markwyner Some great nuggets in this thread like: 'if handled with care..." or, "as long as features are not locked behind contracts..." and "...I do feel confident..."
Wow. Bring me a concrete business model and the flow of money -in and out - and I might read it in anticipation.

[77nn@goto.77nn.it]

@Nead @markwyner

If there's a revenue stream, there will be obstacles to the stream. Like self-hosting, other instances, other softwares using the same twisted Mastodon protocol. In the best case scenario those will be competitors to crush, sooner or later.

In the worst case they could become the ideological enemy, while they actually ARE the Fediverse. The REAL one.