They come and go. They’re random clutter. We only need a few big instances that hosts a majority of the communities and that’s it. Why do we need so many smaller ones?

  • F_Haxhausen
    11•7 months ago

    People say that a few large instances would be easy pickings for the profit motive, and monetizing.

    There is a lot of handwringing over on mastodon about how people should not be directed to the large instances by default. And that people need to join the small instances to make sure mastodon (or fedi-verse) is not taken over by a few who want to profit off it. They mock those on large instances. They tell people they should join small instances.

    But I have seen many small instances close and leave people in the lurch. I have seen a few people have to move several times.

    I have seen users be abandoned and left with a broken instance that doesn’t work, and the admin nowhere to be seen.

    I agree. But maybe the medium ones aren’t too bad.