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  • lemdro.id also has communities like "Microsoft" and "ChatGPT". "Linux" is only tangentially related to programming.

    wouldn’t it also be nice if you volunteered some of your time to keep your communities and instances active

    They are not "my" communities. I started the topic-specific instances as a way to help the general ecosystem and to have a destination for the alien.top posts. I was hoping that would help bootstrap more usage outside of the larger instances. I may post from time to time when I find anything interesting, but I do not hold any pretense to keep all 15+ instances and 200+ communities fresh with content all the time.

    As stated above, I’m as interested as sysadmining than you are in community building

    I am interested in the community building, I am just not committing to do it for hundreds of them on top of the work of running the instances and on top of developing tools in the ecosystem.

    • lemdro.id also has communities like “Microsoft” and “ChatGPT”. “Linux” is only tangentially related to programming.

      Agree to disagree

      I am interested in the community building, I am just not committing to do it for hundreds of them on top of the work of running the instances and on top of developing tools in the ecosystem.

      I am interested in system administration, I just prefer not to commit to it on top of keeping dozens of communities active and promoting Lemmy and others on Reddit.

      That's what I meant previously: we both dedicate our time and energy to different activities about the platform.

      • I am interested in system administration

        Yeah, right...

        What upsets me in this whole thing is that you present an impossible dilemma: if I run the instance, you won't participate because you think it is associated with the money-making business. If I say "okay, then you go find an instance that is topic specific and and only for groups", you find any possible reason to balk.

        So here we are: you want to have someone that can focus on instance administration and you want to focus on building communities, but God forbid you even consider doing it a way that is only tangentially connected to a commercial venture. That is the part I don't understand.

        • So here we are: you want to have someone that can focus on instance administration and you want to focus on building communities, but God forbid you even considering doing it a way that is only tangentially connected to a commercial venture. That is the part I don’t understand.

          None of the admins of the instances above have stated that they are actively looking to make a business out of the platform.

          • So? I never said I want to make money out of the instances.

            • Let me phrase in another way: all of the admins teams of the instances above are different. They are all different teams, but I regularly interact with them, and they are all quite nice people to talk to. I even like talking to the LW sysadmins.

              On the other hand, why would I host a community to one of your instances, when all you do is argue with me? We have different visions on the platform, and that's fine. I don't even get why you suggest one of instances, it seems a bad idea due to our regular disagreements.

              • My tone changed after you refused any form of collaboration and resorted to the most absurd excuses (like the football domain episode).

                I wasn't being hostile to you when you came asking if you could have access to the user votes. I thought it was something visible for moderators, but when you said that it was only for admins I even offered to host an instance for you for free. All you needed to do was get a domain name. You refused.

                • And your tone now is pleasant and agreeable.

                  The football episode was when you revealed how much you were paying for all those domain names for the 20 instances, as well as the operating costs. Again, seemed like a risk to me. The domain itself wasn't the actual reason, it was the risk of seeing you disappear overnight or having to cease operations due to cost.

                  I refused the free instance because I didn't want to use your resources for something as minor as being able to see votes.

                  • And your tone now is pleasant and agreeable.

                    Now, it certainly isn't.

                    Again, seemed like a risk to me.

                    What if I told you that Communick has reached break-even point, and since February it makes more in revenue than it costs to operate?

                    Oh, that's right, I told you that already! It's just that you didn't react to it. Could it be because it doesn't fit your worldview?

                    • Now, it certainly isn’t.

                      Then let's just stop here?

                      • If you prefer to avoid the conversation on the basis of "unpleasantness" instead of facing the arguments that are being presented to you, it's your choice.

                        But at least show some decency and willingness to admit you were wrong and consider that maybe the best way to get a sustainable, healthy and universal Fediverse (i.e, not just a niche thing that barely reaches 1M MAU) is by having small businesses around?

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