Comment on A Fediverse Permaculture
abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es 22 hours ago
@Steven_T_Baxter So much to say here... Im a member of s sailijg club thats run for 125 years.
Yes keep costs down - self host amoungst your users with a distrubuted solution and.. really simply.. if you want to survive you have to have a very clear and limited policy on freeloaders. As a group decide how much (if any) you are going to offer without contribution.
If you dont ask something of people in return its not a healthly relationship and you people will value what you do at the price you have put on it (zero) . They wont value the operation and will waste its resources.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Nice perspective.
What would you consider to be a contribution of value? Posting? Comments? Moderating? Installing a server rack in your closer for nightly backups? What would you suggest a minimum contribution for continued use should be?
abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es 21 hours ago
@troyunrau I would say in that most small instances its hosting .. so practically thats using your internet connection, providing some hardware and electricity. Server rack? - Nah more like a #Dell micro or #bananapi like router sitting in the corner with an ssd and maybe a couple Tb of hdd inside it. When the user to server ratio is down in the under fifty : one range the hardware requirements are minimal. You can throw in email, Nextcloud and mediaserver while you are there.
In small instances the moderation load is basically zero (how many people in your family volunteer to moderate family/friend discussions IRL? The main thing is keeping an eye on what the kids are up to.
You got an issue with some content - block that person or server on your account/server and move on.