Because they like the fediverse and want to help it grow. Or maybe they didn’t want to have to deal with admins ever again.
Comment on r/Silksong joins Lemmy
SmolSteely@lemmynsfw.com 19 hours ago
Why set up a Lemmy instance instead of creating a community on an existing instance?
Now you have to worry about hosting costs, domain renewal etc.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 16 hours ago
SmolSteely@lemmynsfw.com 14 hours ago
If they really have the commitment to run that instance for years, and to organise a proper successor one day when they don’t want to do it any more - that would be growing the Fediverse. But if they abandon it after x years, they would be harming it.
ssnoer@indie-ver.se 10 hours ago
I’ve tried to document the infrastructure around it, and made everything super organized, so that it’s both easier to maintain and hand over in case that’s ever needed.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Bit weird if they already didn’t take into consideration the costs of running a server
ssnoer@indie-ver.se 10 hours ago
Oh wait, IT COSTS MONEY?!? Oh noo… Anyway, I wanted the help smaller indie game communities get shown, so they won’t have to be spread across 20 different generic instances.