@evan Qualified no. I think open registration is too big of a problem for spam, block evasion, brigading, and other toxic behaviors. I think fedi needs better moderation tools and organization to make open registration less damaging. But I think this is achievable.
I do think that volunteer-run is the best model for most servers, but I think if we attract businesses and institutions to fedi with paid employees, they should be paying for labor and computing resources.