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Single user instances:
- expensive
- unreliable
- hard to maintain
- offload technical complexity on users
Cooperatively owned instances:
- the more users it has, the cheaper it gets
- pooling funds allows to purchase better hosting
- several admins can handle tech problems
- cooperative members who don't have a tech background can enjoy the experience without the headaches
The most difficult thing is to find the breakeven point between cooperation and centralization.
@GustavinoBevilacqua I believe this is a matter of how we frame the admin role on a political and social level. If we turn admins into benevolent dictators, then we have a major centralisation flaw in our system. If, on the contrary, we only refer to admins as tech-savvy members of a cooperative who are compensated for their knowledge and skills, then we can have democratic control and decisionmaking.
@GustavinoBevilacqua @antanicus IRC started as a federated network of independent servers... ended up splitting into many separate networks of centrally administered servers.
Let's hope history does not repeat in the Fediverse...
@codewiz
> ended up splitting into many separate networks of centrally administered servers
- the lack of political education among techbros is *tragic*