For some, joining Mastodon might seem risky because "the server could shut down at any time" or because it's managed by a single administrator. While these concerns are understandable, Mastodon has far more safeguards in place compared to centralized platforms:
1. Admins are typically experienced sysadmins with a strong passion for server management.
2. It's generally recommended to have multiple admins (we have four).
3. Many servers have financial plans in place, such as donation systems. We have my company backing things up.
4. Infrastructure is often cost-effective, keeping operating costs low.
A few additional points to consider:
1. No server - or anything in life - is immortal. That's exactly why I chose the name mementomori.social (the stoic phrase "memento mori" means "remember death").
2. Web services come and go, but longevity is possible. My first website has been online continuously for 27 years (since 1998). While I've migrated servers a few times, the site itself has never gone offline. It will most likely happen after I pass away, but I hope my descendants keep it online.
Unlike centralized platforms - especially newer ones - that rely on user growth and profitability, investors can pull the plug at any time.
The decentralized Fediverse operates differently: sysadmins are committed to keeping their servers online and do so out of dedication, not for monetary gain.
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in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •I've heard of a couple catastrophic failures, but other than that, yes, instances shut down, but they always do that in a more responsible and planned fashion than any commercial project ever.
Precisely because there was never a "devops team" that suddenly gets "laid off" because "investors" decided so.
It starts as a passion project, it ends as passion projects do, with burnout, mostly. We should probably figure out what to do about that part, but it's still much better than the alternative.
Dianora (Diane Bruce)
in reply to lick here for more info • • •Su_G
in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
in reply to Su_G • • •tsadilas
in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
in reply to tsadilas • • •the roamer
in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •@tsadilas
"On the other hand, not all miss their old posts."
That is such a powerful statement about change and decay and growth, made laconically in a way that would make any classical Roman writer proud. So lovely.
Steve Williams
in reply to the roamer • • •Or as they might say:
‘Ad Astra’
(To the Stars, eternal glory).
Workshopshed
in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •I have a second account for work related discussions over on hachyderm.io and Kris Nóva who started that died in a climbing accident. But the server still goes on via a charitable foundation she setup.
krisnova.net/bio/
Kris Nóva Biography. | Kris Nóva
Kris Nóvathe roamer
in reply to Workshopshed • • •Kris Nova's creation of a governance structure that made "her" instance independent from her own person was a model to everyone in the Fediverse. I was not involved in Hachyderm at all, just watched from the distance in awe and admiration. Likewise I did not know her as a person at all, only from some of her intense interviews, but I still recall the bolt I felt when I heard of her accident and death. A remarkable person.
Juancho
in reply to Roni Rolle Laukkarinen • • •Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
in reply to Juancho • • •@juancho_me It's a point of view and a matter of the instance. This culminates to a point of the eventuality. We don't get anything with us when we die. I've learned to accept nothing is so precious or permanent ever as we tend to think.
Check out the ongoing discussion: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
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