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I've been thinking that, in addition to the glorious smaller-scale model of #Socialcoop, we need a model #fediverse instance that looks more like a medium-sized credit union. Things like:
- thousands of members rather than hundreds
- professional staff for tech, business, legal, moderation
- less active user participation in governance, but still democratic (e.g., board elections and occasional referendums)
thoughts? @jalcine @emi @LeoSammallahti @schock @mattcropp @darius
@ntnsndr @jalcine @emi @LeoSammallahti @schock @mattcropp @darius here's the thing: credit unions make money. Without someway to monetize I think it's going to be hard to scale up
@thedonquixotic @jalcine @emi @LeoSammallahti @schock @mattcropp @darius As Leo's research has shown, #Socialcoop raises far more money per active user than Twitter or the large Mastodon instances. I imagine a highly affordable subscription model.
@ntnsndr @jalcine @emi @LeoSammallahti @schock @mattcropp @darius selection bias there is also an issue though. If you're scaling up that means probably a more representative sample of the general population. Not saying it couldn't work it's just hard to get people to pay for stuff they're are used to as "free".
Is subscription compatible with mastodon as it exists currently or would it require some sort of exterior membership/dues administration?
@thedonquixotic @ntnsndr @jalcine @emi @schock @mattcropp @darius
Not sure if Nathan meant to take credit union comparison this far, but I would imagine these instances could still tailor to some specific demographic; similar to how CUss are for certain regions/professions/etc.
In this case, it could be easier to charge for a subscription as the community would be focused to the specific needs of their demographic; something that makes them different from the general population.
@thedonquixotic @ntnsndr @jalcine @emi @schock @mattcropp @darius
Scaling any instance to +100 million would probably face the issues you point out. But there are subreddits for specific interests with millions of subscribers.