For real. Hosting is work, not necessarily a huge amount but it’s continuous work. I would probably technically be able to get an instance off the ground and usable, but I don’t have the time to do maintenance or user management or the hundred other little things that come with hosting public resources. If you “succeed” and establish a userbase, congratulations, you now have a (optional, but with an implied understanding with your users that you will continue to do it) job that pays anywhere from a little bit to negative a lot.
Or that simply joining certain instances means you can’t interact with some communities.
Also, have a backup for downtimes and closures.
I’m on my fifth account and not bc I’m choosy but bc every instance I’ve joined has shuttered.
theres another big problem… funding and administration. anyone can throw a federating server up… it takes some work to make it (and keep it) reliable
For real. Hosting is work, not necessarily a huge amount but it’s continuous work. I would probably technically be able to get an instance off the ground and usable, but I don’t have the time to do maintenance or user management or the hundred other little things that come with hosting public resources. If you “succeed” and establish a userbase, congratulations, you now have a (optional, but with an implied understanding with your users that you will continue to do it) job that pays anywhere from a little bit to negative a lot.