@ntnsndr Only if it has direct democracy and isn't subject to the excessive committee-ization that certain cooperatives I've seen have been.

@ntnsndr
@ftdl https://ftdl.pl/ is close - they're a foundation, and they do matrix instead of email, but otherwise that's pretty close to what you're asking.
And I might, if my hackerspace didn't run and offer those 😂
@josh

@ntnsndr in theory, yes. in practice, who is involved?

@ntnsndr Absolutely! I would love a local option to de-Google my life!

@ntnsndr Yes.

@ntnsndr If I wasn't already happy with my setup, absolutely! Naturally, I'd want them to also offer Matrix 😀

@ntnsndr depending on the number of techs involved (as in not a one person shop), yes. @thepoliticalcat

@ntnsndr absolutely yes

@ntnsndr
> If there were a local cooperative host for your email, Mastodon, and file-sharing, would you join?

In a sense, that's kind of my situation. This server is run under the umbrella of an incorporated society, of which I'm a financial member. Governance of the server itself is fairly informal, but there are various forums where members gather, where issues relating to it can be raised.

@ntnsndr yes but based on confidence in internal governance and (especially for file sharing) technical implementation

The domain name would have to be cool

@ntnsndr well, no, we prefer to run our own, but we'd probably donate or something

@ntnsndr Probably not for email unless it was robust and reputational (?) enough to bypass spam filters. Needs to be Fastmail level really. (I use Fastmail and am very happy).

@ntnsndr Quite probably yes, but ALL the details would matter 😉

@ntnsndr already a member of mayfirst.coop

@ntnsndr@social.coop Email and file-sharing, sure, but Mastodon, not so much. It is one of the worst Fediverse platforms, I have no clue why people keep making new instances with it when so many better alternatives exist that are so much cheaper to operate.

@ntnsndr if it can provide custom domain support and respects privacy I am sure there is a market for it.
I am constantly asked for this.

@ntnsndr

If someone set up a Fedi instance for Nottingham, I'd be keen to have an account there for planning covid-careful in-person events. That's a project which would really benefit from connections in the same geographical area.

@ntnsndr bldrweb is doing alright, I think. Not seeing much member growth, but that's ok.

I don't think my local server is big enough to be useful for local-focused discussions. It seems hashtags are better for that. #boulder

I think in general, accounts (identities) should not be location specific. People move. People have multiple simultaneous locations/communities. Etc. And they don't want to manage multiple accounts (or inboxes) or try to migrate things when moving locations.