Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place
I do not see any actual evidence to show a need for commercially-driven instances?
The track record of commercial social networks is as bad as it can possibly be:
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/ethiopia-facebook-algorithms-contributed-human-rights-abuses-against-tigrayans
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17587080/mark-zuckerberg-holocaust-denial-kara-swisher-interview
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data
etc etc etc
"Small communities that have at least one techy person able to do this on volunteer basis"
You don't need to be techy to run an instance, paid managed hosting does all the techy stuff.
Feyter@feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services playing for managed fedi instances is one business model.
The track records of commercial "social media" is as bad, because they are designed with walled garden principles, taking away the freedom of changing the supplier.
You are right. There is no need for commercial instances, but I also don't see why it couldn't add a benefit if it helps to break metas monopoly on communication.