sounds like a decent idea, but how can it scale to so many servers out there? it’s a logistical hell

Or at least have them be publicly owned common good, owned by multiple countries with editorial independence from the get go and funded through taxation. That would be a start.

not yet, it’s just one invite-only server currently

I honestly think more instances should support some sort of donation or explicit customer model. Running such things is expensive, and sourcing money when things are ran for free is hard, so these kinds of platforms tend to be ran out of pocket, which makes them somewhat volatile. We don’t need to repeat the mistakes of big platforms and instead should build something sustainable from the get go.

Instagram has all the same stuff and it’s been there for years. Bet it’s also the case with Facebook