Maybe my expression is not accurate enough. What I want to express is that because Mastodon's biggest advantage is to protect users' personal data, we can't make profits the way Facebook or Twitter does. As you all mentioned, we can obtain Mastodon's operating cost in other ways.
#mst210 another thing I'm worried about is the cost of Mastodon. If we do not use users' data as behavioral surplus, what can we do to get benefits from doing the platform? Do we need to consider this?
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