I’m not sure why you are getting downvoted. I’m optimistic for the same reasons and I think you are right about rapid growth being dangerous.

Linux was slow growth, not to mention GNU, but it is so good, and attracted the right kind of contribuitors.

Running these services has a cost and surely over the time it takes to grow, solutions will emerge. It is best to recognize those challenges and address them.

Well I hope so. Occasionally our nerd stuff leaks out into the world and does some real good. Maybe advertising is only needed to keep shareholders never-ending drive for profits. Wikipedia seems to do ok. I really do hope I’m wrong, but I think you are just being too optimistic, maybe it is because I’m old.

People donate time, and some people host servers and pay bills because they can. I don’t think the whole point of federation is amortizing the costs across instances, but it is a perk. Most people want to know what to join, which is why lemmy.world got so big, so fast. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’ll bet their donations do not match their costs.

Mastodon is totally cool, I’m on board, but normies don’t know what it is.

I’m just being realiatic here.

I’m an OSS guy, but running these services is not free. Someone is paying for bandwidth, power, hardware, etc.

We are not shipping your machine, @funkajunk!

It’s always better to regret something you have done than something you haven’t.

By the way, if you see your mother this weekend, tell her “Satan! Satan! Satan!”

Vinaigrette vignette

Is this only a free weekend for ps+extra? I dont see it on base ps+

The one constant in all of your failed relationships is you.

I dont think it is because of me, but if they are getting fewer reactions they might apread out.

I escaped ads and a dictatorship only to come here and be told how great communism is with an even greater frequency.

Blocking hexbear communities just led to those users going to other instances and making the whack-a-mole more difficult.

This should be in the lemmy code. Federate out accounts.

As a hardened atheist, I have to give it to the christians when they get something right, and forgiveness can be a powerful force for good.

Don’t forget, but do forgive.