I have a number of Lemmy instances meant for discussion groups around specific topics. They are not being as used as I expected/hoped. I would like to set them up in a way that they can be owned by a consortium of different admins so that they are collectively owned. My only requirement: these instances should remain closed for registrations and used only to create communities.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Just coordinate the release of the urls and the transfer of the instance.

I'm skeptical about this since you are squatting on at least 18 urls while trying to get volunteers to create value out of them. Nothing leads me to assume you are being altruistic.

Edit: misattributed something, woops

It seems like you are waiting for the next influx to potentially monetize and trying to hold the most potential instances without putting any work or money into it. It's just my impression.

I also think instances without users are a terrible idea and I'd rather real instances come about organically instead created by people that actually care about the subject.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Just coordinate the release of the urls and the transfer of the instance.

This is exactly what I am offering. I want to transfer these instances to a consortium to own this collectively.

without putting any work or money into it.

Just yesterday I renewed 10 of these domains. That cost me ~400€. I renewed nba.space and nfl.community last month, each cost ~650€. Running all these instances is costing me ~200€/month.

I'm not even looking to dump these costs on the potential new co-owners, this is why I said that I don't mind keep running them.

It seems like you are waiting for the next influx to potentially monetize

First, we'd have to argue the implication. You are implying that any attempt at building anything that is financially sustainable is immoral, something that I said many times is completely misguided, and a point of view that is starting now to be shared by other prominent figures in the Fediverse.

Second, I am offering the instances to be co-owned precisely to assuage those concerns. By having other admins co-owning the instances, I'd hope that less people would be pushing those accusations against me.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So are you willing to give up ownership of the url and have the instance be transfered to someone else's hardware?

Maybe I misunderstood where you are going with this.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 month ago

To be precise, I'm willing to give up some ownership. I still want to participate in its governance.

someone else’s hardware?

If a new consortium is formed and if the collective decision is to move it, yes. If the decision is to keep as it is, also fine.

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