I don’t see the big model working. The whole point is (and should be) lots of small instances.

Teaching people how to do this is a good idea. Charging to manage it for them is a business. There are a couple of guys who are starting this idea up, but I doubt they want host poast users as they are very much on the other side of the great wall of Mastodon. We could use a service on the anti-censorship side of the Fediverse.

But even if you don’t have the tech skills to host out of your house, you should be able to run an instance using a VSP + Cloudiron for around $10 USD/month + a domain. If you have decent tech skills you could run one out if your house for even cheaper.

The future of federated stuff is lots of tiny instances. It really is easier than most people think. If anyone out there is interested in learning how, hit me up if you want tips on how to do it.