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Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point
As the niche, decentralized social networking platform rises in popularity, it faces rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks.
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-legal-issues-tipping-point/
It seems the laws were set up with big centralized for-profit systems in mind. Compliance might be too costly (both time & money) for volunteers running big Mastodon instances.
I'm not sure what the solution is. Maybe keeping instances small? Donations like Patreon? A non-profit foundation to help operators get in compliance? Big instances reorganizing as consumer cooperatives?