Comment by krapp
>I've also come to the conclusion that a tightly designed subscription service is the way to go. Cheap really can be better than "free" if done right.
"Startup engineer" believes the solution to decentralization is a startup, what a shock. We look forward to your launch.
I'm a consultant that builds for startups. I'm not an entrepreneur myself.
If I were to build something like this, I'd use a services non-profit model.
Ad-supported apps result in way too many perverse economic incentives in social media, as we've seen time and time again.
I worked on open source decentralized social networking for 12 years, starting before Facebook even launched. Decentralization, specifically political decentralization which is what federation is, makes the problems of moderation, third order social effects, privacy and spam exceedingly more difficult.