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Comment by andreygrehov | Hacker News Reader

How do I, as an investor, make money with mastodon?

You don’t - oh well. I’m sure there is an endless number of other ways you can try to make money investing if that’s your main concern.

You... probably don't? I continue to believe that there may be some small value in a single-person-instance-as-a-service product for celebs etc (particularly if Threads goes ahead with its embrace of ActivityPub; lots of value for celebrities in having the audience but having some independence from Facebook), but it's very niche.

Not everything has to be about making money, you realise.

It seems like a hassle to re-negotiate federation each time for each celebrity. What about a general PR themed instance (strictly moderated so that everyone will peer with it).

Thats actually a really cool idea. The big PR agencies who rep for actors, authors, musicians etc, could run an instance and that's where the person's identity would be.

> re-negotiate federation

That's not really how it works. Federation happens ~by default in general; restriction is reactive, not proactive.

You don't, which is why it doesn't suck

There could be a market for one central Mastodon host with better UX that makes it easier to onboard non-tech people, but I'm not sure why making money is a pre-req here. Mastodon was never meant to be a for-profit enterprise as far as I'm aware.

Find a real job

How do you, as an investor, make money with oxygen?

But you still breathe, right?

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