I believe strongly that #MastodonServerCosts should include therapy for moderators having to look at nasty stuff. Tough as someone is, that leaves marks and leads to burn out unless supported.
I have been trying to gather any information on costs with #MastodonServerCosts but I don't see such info too often.
Unknown costs in terms of time and running are I think fairly large barriers to running an instance, because no one starts off wanting to do a shoddy job.
@aral is an interesting case study for gaining an audience and moving, @darnell for someone who wanted their own platform.
Very public spirited! I think a lot of donations go to "Mastodon" that end up with the dev team and really they should go to servers because server admins don't ask for the running costs.
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