@jaz @jerry @jztusk I think we collectively need to...

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@jaz @jerry @jztusk I think we collectively need to come to terms with the fact that most people have no interest, desire, skill, or inclination to run their own anything, and will happily make it someone else's problem in return for money, ad data, or just not GAF.

Less than 0.1% of people will run their own mail/Fedi/Identity/app/file server.

We need to stop making fetch happen. It's not going to happen.

Like 1 August at 15:28 | Wall-to-wall | Open on phpc.social

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Jaz (IFTAS)

@Crell @jerry @jztusk (Back of napkin caveat)

Currently seeing one server per 500 accounts. Writ large that's 10M AP servers for 5B accounts.

Several hundred million not-WP.com WordPress sites might offer an example. Value-add hosting options abound for WordPress, so it's partially self-hosted insofar as it's somewhat self-managed by tens of millions.

Mix of managed, shared, and self-hosting for AP services coupled with a rich plugin framework is how I imagine adoption could be supported.

1 August at 15:42 | Open on mastodon.iftas.org

jz.tusk

@Crell @jaz @jerry

I think it's better to come up with better tooling that lets a small admin set up and maintain their trust relationships, and just make sure that they know that part of running their own instance means spending some time on that.

The street buskers in my city take Swipe. That's the model I like

1 August at 15:44 | Open on mastodon.social