[mabcat]

For sure it's too much to ask.

Get started on Twitter: 1. go to twitter.com 2. enter your name and phone number

Get started on Pleroma: https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/installation/debian_base...

Get started on Mastodon: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/install/ [page 1 of 12]

For the full effect, do the install with an iPhone.

[mdaEyebot]

Does it sound elitist to say that maybe a small barrier to entry could make for better quality social networks? Especially if the tradeoff was giving users more creative control over their spaces?

I guess you wouldn't get billions in ad revenue that way, but your expenses could be miniscule, and isn't it possible that a rapacious profit motive is part of the core problem with Meta, Twitter, & co?

Or are there really too few people in the world who could figure out how to log into a <$5/mo cloud VM?