On the Fireside Fedi interview with Jerry ( the admin of Infosec.Exchange Mastodon instance ) a scary truth was suddenly revealed ( on 34:11 ): Just to keep the instance up and running he needs to spend up to $5000 a month, pretty much out of his pocket. Donations to the instance barely cover any of that. And if he will ask people to pay to use it, they will, rightfully so, switch to a different instance.
  • rglullisAEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Right, so the problem is not solved and you are talking about “solutions” that have been tried before and do not work.

    You know that quote about “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”? This is what is happening here.

    Expecting to fund commons infrastructure through donation do not work in the long run. It’s that simple. You can try to come up with all sorts of flashy gimmicks to make the issue more visible,.but the issue will continue to exist.

    • Blender Dumbass@lm.madiator.cloudOPEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      If there is a new gimmick there is, by definition, a change of some kind. Which means maybe all we need to do is tweak a few very easy to tweak parameters and that will unclog the flow of money. I don’t know if that is what going to help. But not just try and see what happens?

      • rglullisAEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        But not just try and see what happens?

        • Because it has been tried before, and there are no significant results to show.
        • Because these types of changes take time and effort that would be better spent elsewhere.
        • Because it is solving the wrong problem. The problem is not “how to unclog the flow of money”. Sending money around has never been easier. The problem is not the flow of money, the problem is that most people are not willing to give money for something unless they absolutely have to, so there is not a lot of money to be sent around.

        I’m sorry. When I first saw your blog post I thought you were closer to what I’ve been saying for three years already , but it seems that you don’t have an actionable proposal.

        • Blender Dumbass@lm.madiator.cloudOPEnglish
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          6 hours ago

          Maybe I am just overly optimistic. I don’t know. But it seems like with enough gimmicky advertising tricks we could get enough people excited about giving money.

          • rglullisAEnglish
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            5 hours ago

            Again, I’m sorry. This is not “optimism” but baseless wishful thinking.

            If you want to talk about actual strategies to get people to see the value of a free Internet and how to educate them, I’m all ears. But I’m not interested in continuing the conversation if you are just arguing what you wish would happen.