context and scale matter

That’s a ridiculous statement. Context is just a malleable term you can use for whatever. Nobody is saying context is irrelevant, you can’t remove context from any statement.

Scale however does not matter.

When it comes to hosting instances, yes, I do believe we have to universally keep investors/a for-profit structure out.

Dude you’re acting like this is some Herculean feat when coops and non-profits and all sorts of structures exist for way more complex and difficult to quantify organizations. This is a very strange hill to die on.

I mean we’ve determined what a living wage is, right? Is it really that difficult to think we can financially quantify people’s roles?

There are plenty of jobs similar to the roles that would be needed that we can compare to you. I was a freelancer for 15 years, I had to quantify jobs constantly. It’s not rocket science.

I also don’t think mods have to be paid. They can be, but I don’t see it as necessary. I’m talking about the instance maintainers.

Yeah but why lol

Leadership changes. Employees change.

Look at valve: when Gabe dies it could become an absolute shitshow for us. We cannot depend on generosity and benevolence. It has to be a non-profit to limit the potential damage and force transparency.

If I ran an instance I wouldn’t want any of y’all knowing where I fucking live lol

Non-profits only IMO. Pay folks what they deserve, all the rest goes back in.

Investors can’t go near it. They’re always the problem.

I respond half a day later and you call me a bot who doesn’t sleep, but you respond within like an hour and you’re a real boy lmao

Be better man. Have a good one, truly.

While I agree, their margins are too thin the house and the senate hasn’t totally gone MAGA yet. They need more buffer seats and upcoming midterms are very favorable to democrats

You cared enough to start shit and defend Russia. If you didn’t care you would’ve read and moved on. Don’t play at that bullshit.

With all due respect, you’re doing their job for free right now.

You can actually look at how Russia/Ukraine has been handled and see that that is factually incorrect. Look at the votes. Senate Republicans in particular have had no problem voting to send aid

Russia is all of our problem. Being that the US is part of the world and Russia is a rogue state with a nuclear arsenal and the flagrant aggressor, it makes plenty of sense for us to invest in reducing their ability to cause these kinds of shockwaves every 7-10 years on the world stage.

Have you forgotten the social and political unrest Russia has caused in our country? Are you unaware of the money and personnel they invest into destabilizing our country? Should that just go completely unanswered?

Do you seriously think we should only concern ourselves with Mexico and Canada or something?

The true believers REALLY don’t want American intervention and the “old guard” have already pushed back against supporting Russia multiple times.

They’re feckless but they’re not of the same mind on this.

Honestly if he did it would rip the Republican Party apart lol

I really hope Europe is going to give them the support they need to see this through.

I think this guide is fantastic but I find very few guides out there really drill down into the risks you take on when it comes to what is shared and hosted on your server. I don’t think people understand that when you host an instance, you are immediately held liable for any number of potential scenarios and you need to head them off out the gate or you will be facing potential legal repercussions. I like your section on blocklists but it’s so much bigger than that.

The feds and my having a family are the biggest reasons I don’t host an instance.