Hear me out.

SomethingAwful forums are notoriously “human,” because they charge $10 for a user account. They don’t have problems with spam/scam/shenanigans that exist on platforms where accounts are free.

Fediverse instances are not currently monetizable - and they should stay that way. But there are still costs to operating one, especially if it’s very popular.

Instance admins charging a minimal fee to register a user account would address both of those concerns, especially the former, especially in light of how the Nicole thing has taken a horribly dark turn.

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    2 months ago

    In this scenario, the closed instances die and the open instances do not.