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0 pointsbhhaskin1y ago0 comments

I don't believe there is anything stopping someone from starting a managed Mastodon service.

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It’s absurdly expensive to offer, because none of the major implementations support serving multiple domains in a single process, so you end up with a lot of duplication.

riffic1y ago

I wonder if Meta's Threads is being built with that capability. I would expect an incumbent player to make an entrance into this market and they seem like the furthest along in capacity and capabilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)

rglullis1y ago

Takahe is the only one that is doing it, but unfortunately Andrew stopped working on it.

riffic1y ago

this looks dope, I'm going to have to take a closer look now that I've heard of it. Does seem the project is in danger of being sunset unless new support comes in the way of the developer:

> TLDR: I am looking for new developers and maintainers for Takahē who want to help in exchange for my mentorship, or I'll have to sunset the project.

https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/

The repo is still being updated so it doesn't look like it's in too much danger:

https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/

rglullis1y ago

It seems that most of the work is going on at a fork, now: https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator

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renewedrebecca1y ago

Isn't that what masto.host does anyway?

rglullis1y ago

- masto.host

- mastodon.green

- social.lol

- communick.com

- cloud68.co

- elest.io

transcriptase1y ago

I couldn’t come up with a list of URLs I’d be less likely to trust with anything without visiting them.

sangnoir1y ago

godaddy.com

x.com

abc.xyz

riffic1y ago

I mean specifically, I'd like to see the actual Mastodon organization (Eugen Rochko's team now that they're a legit nonprofit) take that role. Or any other fedi software project tbh, doesn't need to be Mastodon themselves.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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danielheath1y ago

It’s absurdly expensive to offer, because none of the major implementations support serving multiple domains in a single process, so you end up with a lot of duplication.

riffic1y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)

rglullis1y ago

Takahe is the only one that is doing it, but unfortunately Andrew stopped working on it.

riffic1y ago

this looks dope, I'm going to have to take a closer look now that I've heard of it. Does seem the project is in danger of being sunset unless new support comes in the way of the developer:

> TLDR: I am looking for new developers and maintainers for Takahē who want to help in exchange for my mentorship, or I'll have to sunset the project.

https://aeracode.org/2023/11/06/life-critical-side-projects/

The repo is still being updated so it doesn't look like it's in too much danger:

https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe/commits/main/

rglullis1y ago

It seems that most of the work is going on at a fork, now: https://github.com/avaraline/incarnator

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renewedrebecca1y ago

Isn't that what masto.host does anyway?

rglullis1y ago

- masto.host

- mastodon.green

- social.lol