@david_ross
Who is hosted on maastodon?
@TheGibson It's one of only THREE Mastodon hosting services I'm aware of, so I'd imagine there will be plenty affected.
Alice is keeping her instances, so that's not something to worry about. She's just burned out on running the business side of it.
@TheGibson @david_ross mastodon.social used to be until three days ago, too (I think it was a temporary measure?)
@bhtooefr @david_ross @thegibson in some ways these closures are a healthy sign -- an instance is shutting down, but the fediverse is still strong. This is nigh impossible in corporate social media platforms.
I do think it's important to learn why & how the closures are happening--not so we can prevent them, but so we can build healthier, more resilient communities.
@edsu @TheGibson @david_ross And, this isn't even instance closure, it's just a hosting service winding down (and the owner focusing on her own instance).
@bhtooefr @david_ross @thegibson you're right, it's not instance closure, it's instanceS closure ...
@edsu @thegibson @david_ross @bhtooefr Seems like a good reason to avoid instances that rely on Mastodon-specific hosting.
@seanl @bhtooefr @david_ross @thegibson yes, there's some truth to that for sure.
@thegibson @david_ross @bhtooefr @seanl btw, if you are curious, part of the discussion of whether social.coop should take on maastodon is happening over at https://www.loomio.org/d/jgGJ8ucA/proposal-to-take-over-a-mastodon-hosting-service-hosting-external-instances-but-also-to-enable-the-creation-of-thematic-sister-coop-instances
@edsu @seanl @bhtooefr @david_ross
good to see....
if Mastodon.social is lost, that will be a real problem for the fediverse... I don't think the fabric will deal well with that big of a hole.
@thegibson @edsu @bhtooefr @david_ross Is mastodon.social hosted on maastodon.net?
@david_ross
Octodon's a big one.