▲ 281 ▼ Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or self-host permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes but Mr lemmy.world isn't a self hoster permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're self hosting: no qualms with that. The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They're the same types who torrent without seeding. It's usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you're either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others. Self hosters arent leeching: they're participating in the decentralization. With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you're using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes but Mr lemmy.world isn't a self hoster permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're self hosting: no qualms with that. The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They're the same types who torrent without seeding. It's usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you're either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others. Self hosters arent leeching: they're participating in the decentralization. With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you're using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're self hosting: no qualms with that. The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They're the same types who torrent without seeding. It's usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you're either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others. Self hosters arent leeching: they're participating in the decentralization. With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you're using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're self hosting: no qualms with that. The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They're the same types who torrent without seeding. It's usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you're either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others. Self hosters arent leeching: they're participating in the decentralization. With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you're using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@lemmy.fdr8.us 1 point 2 years ago Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers! permalink fedilink source parent