They’d also have a very contentious discussion community.
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Edit: fixed link.
Edit 2: for clarity, I’m saying the topic is contentious (going to get very opinionated points of view), not saying anything about the mods/admins/users.
My understanding is that anything that is using activity pub to communicate is the fediverse.
Software, instance, or channel that isn’t actively communicating via activity pub, is not the fediverse.
Software, instance, or channel that is actively using activity pub to communicate (even if they are using other methods too), is the fediverse.
I’ve never read the activity pub documentation, so maybe there is more to it than that, but the above is my current understanding.
Had another thought. If you could remote into their server could they not remote into your server?
I’m thinking this could be a good gateway trial option for clients. You set up services on your server and give them limited time access to the server to use the FOSS software. If they want, after the trial they can transfer their data. You then wipe the server to ensure their data is erased.
Also, an option I’m not sure you’d be excited about. You host everything for them and offer the service of using your server for their business needs (rather than just a trial). May be less headache in the long run (less overall hardware means less overall issues, presumably).
For the running of software on your server, I believe there are companies that do that already for the fediverse instances. May be worth looking at and seeing what they offer and for what price.
I think this could be a thing, but I feel getting the word out would be the hard part.
Maybe going to small business/incubator business networking events could provide potential clients. Getting in touch with incubators in general would probably be good, as they can pass word to their clients. Colleges and universities may be another avenue of getting the word out to potential new small businesses.
Also to consider, if it’s for businesses, there would need to be data redundancy. Otherwise, I feel, it would be a nonstarter. Data recovery/access to redundancy would likely need to be automated or very easy to do, otherwise you’re probably looking at irate calls in the middle of the night.
Language Transfer is free and teaches you why the language is the way it is rather than just memorization.
My recollection is you can get to a 3000 word conversational level much faster than via straight memorization (ex. Duolingo).
I was actually working on something to measure this today. I may have something for you tomorrow. Otherwise, it’ll probably be next week.
Update: I’ve gotten all the servers (Mbin, Piefed, Lemmy) and the stats for each (users, comments, posts). I’ll need to work to make that data into something useful.
Trivia: it takes about 6 minutes to request data from all ~300 servers.
Update 2: I found, I think, some interesting analyses (ex. retention efficiency, current vs. historical activity, etc.). Not sure how I’m going to fit 300 servers with 25-30 columns each in a post, though. Problem for next week.