"Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money. Instead of relying entirely on donations and grants as before, the company announced this morning it will now offer paid hosting, moderation, and support services for organizations that want to join the open social web."
"That network, also called the fediverse, offers a way for individuals and organizations to set up their own servers that interconnect with others that run the same protocol, ActivityPub. ActivityPub powers a number of different software applications, including Mastodon, Meta's Threads, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Misskey, Lemmy, and others, and has been integrated into larger platforms like WordPress, Ghost, and Drupal through plugins."
"Customers can choose to run their own servers through this model, where Mastodon's team will manage the servers and optionally offer moderation services. Another option will see Mastodon offering support contracts to aid with customers' in-house tech teams focused on server management and maintenance. The latter would be an option for those companies and organizations that already have their own IT department, but are new to running Mastodon's federated software."
Mastodon will begin selling paid hosting, moderation, and support services to organizations that want to operate servers on the fediverse. The fediverse uses the ActivityPub protocol, which powers Mastodon, Meta's Threads, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Misskey, Lemmy, and integrations for platforms like WordPress, Ghost, and Drupal. Running a server requires technical expertise, so Mastodon will manage servers for customers or provide support contracts for in-house IT teams. The managed offering can include moderation services and targets brands and institutions seeking their own server instances while generating revenue beyond donations and grants.
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