#believe or not, some people do things for the love of it and not for profit. it's very sad that even the very idea of this, seems be lost on on the internet today.
the earliest public online communities were dial in BBS. People would buy 2nd PC's (when PCs cost a couple of grand), get second phone lines (some time more than 1!) modems etc. and set up a dial in BBS because it was their hobby. For the fun of it. For the pleasure of it. For the thrill of it. Some people rock sneakers, some people soup up cars, some people carve wood but they do so because it is a hobby., It makes them happy, they meet new people, they learn new things. The idea of making money from it ? well it never even enters the heads of most of them.
##Thoughts of revenue stream, and clicks, and engagement are all the bastard children of capitalism , which infects all hobbies like a virus. Skating, fashion, Bmx, gaming, fitness, - nothing is immune from the foul contagion.
#the immaculate beauty of a federated social media platform like KBIN is that you can host your own instance, a for a sizeable number of users, for like £20 a month on a VPS. It plugs into all the other instances using internet magic, and you can be the boss. If instead you wnant to kick in a couple of quid to your favourite host , have at it. If you're broke, well, you're still welcome.
community is a thing and it will outlive capitalism.
vercimusart