@hrbrmstr Yeah, I never thought "Just run your own instance" was a viable argument to make, just from a logistics standpoint -- look how much work it is for @jerry to keep infosec.exchange running, can you imagine what a NYT or CNN instance would be like?
I'd much rather see trusted companies outsourcing dedicated instances to companies (or groups of companies), giving them editorial and moderation control, but managing servers, balancing, security, etc., for them.
Seems much more viable in the long run, and if they come up with an easy way to move the instance to a compatible provider, then the entire thing becomes even more portable than it is today.