@rglullis @cabbage In a way, it's just like splitting utility bills with flatmates.

Many instances do the same. They require members to pay at least a (reasonable) minimum amount in a year. This is also well stated since day 0 in their registration form.

@root_beer @fediverse I understand the point, but what if there are different needs and use cases? Like a network of schools in a specific region that want to coordinate, interact and share events among them?

@poVoq @geoma This looks interesting. Would you imagine the marketplace as paired to the local listings?

Given that one big problem of the fediverse for business applications so far is discoverability, I imagine to have a federated service that indexes all posts from accounts on that instance, and also has a marketplace. It basically is a federated Etsy? 😳

@CannotSleep420 @geoma What is the currently accepted/perceived use case for federation then?

I personally perceive that the Fediverse is currently appealing to geeks, organizations that look for digital sovereignty or autonomy, curious people looking for something new, die-hard alternatives

@fediverse Mastodon is the level of UX other projects should aim to. Unfortunately, others like Pixelfed and Lemmy are still not as adopted, and profiles can not communicate that well. This makes the on-life experience of making a friend create a new account and adding you very painful, because different servers might not be synced and the content of your profile might not appear in their client. This makes people to join large instances so they can have everyone in their local timeline.

@fediverse From my experience I am having two main issues when talking with people about the Fediverse:

@stu @yogthos Can anybody point to research or literature about the development and survival of FOSS communities? I am only aware of Gabriella Coleman's studies on Debian and Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"

@VantaWhite so basically lemmy.world was the default instance for the app you registered your account on?