@thurloat I don't have the full story, but here's a brief explanation with links: https://mew.toot.cat/mw/Pub/witches.town

@benhamill I agree, but there's no way to force such a situation given that basically anyone can opt to host an instance.

@ink_slinger True. I guess that goes into instance selection… but even that isn't strong since an instance can sell like it had a team, but still be at the whim of an individual.

@suetanvil True. But there's nothing to force such behaviour, either. Anyone can run an instance. That's both good and potentially bad, as we've now seen more than once (but never previously knew this scale).

@ink_slinger

Indeed. It may be worth adding the governance model as a criterion on the site finder.

Then again, Mastodon makes it easy to move on so maybe it's not needed.

@Modern_Industrial @ink_slinger instances on blockchain!

Anyone can replicate and verify, anyone can host a 'node' based on that shared trust db.

@ink_slinger @thurloat No bullshit, I actually saw a promoted post on birdsite that was social media on the blockchain. It's a thing, @thurloat. Don't hate on the future! 😋

@ink_slinger @thurloat Or maybe the solution is an organizational one - have the instance run by a non-profit, managed by a board of instance participants? Have some bylaws controlling instance dissolution?

@Modern_Industrial My take away from this is that @thurloat's real name is Derek.

@ink_slinger @Modern_Industrial 🤔

@Modern_Industrial I don't have the full story, but here's a brief rundown with links if you want to dig a little deeper: https://mew.toot.cat/mw/Pub/witches.town

@ink_slinger Wow. That's a shame. Thanks for the info.