I always see the platform more akin to Reddit or Discord than Twitter tbh. Say I want to make an instance and want to host it. According to some 3rd party services [0] a 2000 user instance will cost me ~$90+taxes/month. That’s a lot if you compare it to a reddit sub or Discord server which are free and where I’d say a similar sized sub/server are quite small (not all 2000 users are active all the time ofc)
It’s really hard to make people pay. Is there a plan to support ads or anything else besides begging for donations?
A model where Ad agencies work with content creators seems like it would work better, like how podcast ads can target users by picking shows - no tracking required.
Side note, it blows my mind that Reddit shits the bed so hard at this. So many niche sub's would be the perfect venue for niche advertisers.
I always see the platform more akin to Reddit or Discord than Twitter tbh. Say I want to make an instance and want to host it. According to some 3rd party services [0] a 2000 user instance will cost me ~$90+taxes/month. That’s a lot if you compare it to a reddit sub or Discord server which are free and where I’d say a similar sized sub/server are quite small (not all 2000 users are active all the time ofc)
It’s really hard to make people pay. Is there a plan to support ads or anything else besides begging for donations?
0, https://masto.host/pricing/