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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2017 14:27:42 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   • Eugen
   @Gargron #Twitter became evil when its growth necessitated massive investments by venture finance type organizations. The challenge of growth for the #fediverse is going to be trying to spread users over more instances and keeping those instances smaller, instead of having most of them clump together in a few larger instances.
   
   At large enough scale, the larger instances will face exactly the same pressures and choices that Twitter faced. There won't be enough #Patreon funders to sustain that.
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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2017 14:29:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     " #Twitter became evil when its growth necessitated massive investments by venture finance type organizations."
     
     Or more specifically, when those VCs pushed them to adopt an ad-based model and then IPO.
   • Bob Mottram (bob)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2017 14:34:46 UTC Bob Mottram

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     • Eugen
     @lnxw48a1 @gargron The challenge for fediverse growth is really more about sustainable admining. So anything which makes the job of the instance admin simpler will help, including things like having a recommended way to cover any hosting costs.
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   • Annah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2017 15:35:22 UTC Annah

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     • Eugen
     @lnxw48a1 @gargron Large silo instances are undesirable for a variety of reasons, and this is one of them.
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