Feeling the pain of people who want this to be a better place. Who have only had the experience of being on a rented platform that they have no stake in. Start planning to run an instance. We “live” online, so consider it a digital barn raising. Gather a crew, raise funds, decide on structure.
I can't wait to run a Bluesky instance! 🚀
I’m already involved in such a project which uses Mastodon as a base. A Canadian federal member owned co-op called CoSocial. More info here: https://CoSocial.info We’re bootstrapping with volunteers, but every member pays to join & use services. We’ll pay mods & sysadmins.
The crisis at Twitter has led to explosive growth and interest in Mastodon, a community-run and organized alternative to Twitter. And this sudden growth has