Of all the ActivityPub servers that have ever been publicly available, how many do you think are still up today?
0 to 25%47%
26% to 50%35%
51% to 75%11%
76% to 100%5%
Replying to @evan@cosocial.ca
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@evan There must be an enormous number of one-person servers, so the number of surviving servers need not tell much about the Fediverse as a whole.
Replying to @mrdk@mathstodon.xyz
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Yes, perhaps might've been better to make the distinction, and ask for multi-person servers specifically.
The term "server" itself is imho an unfortunate case of a lower-level abstraction (that of the installed base) creeping into a high-level one (that of the unified social network stratum). It is a passed station, but a multi-account server/instance might simply be called a Hub.
"How do you join the fediverse, Self-hosted or via a Hub?"
"My actors are all on Hubs."
(Actor is also kind of a technical name, but Person doesn't match, and Identity is awkward. Account is possible, still technical. Fedizen might be used, but rings a bit weird.)
Replying to @smallcircles@social.coop
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@smallcircles @mrdk why?
Replying to @evan@cosocial.ca
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@smallcircles @mrdk Also, I ask the questions I want answers to. I don't like being told by other people what questions I should ask. If *you* want to ask some different question, you should definitely do it! Let me know, and I'll boost it.
Replying to @evan@cosocial.ca
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@evan OMG I have this problem SO OFTEN trying to get measurement papers published in academic venues, we answer some interesting question and the reviews are basically "but why didn't you answer this OTHER question", and I just want to respond to say *this is an interesting question and I have answered it, if you want to answer this other question, how about you answer it*
Replying to @ricci@discuss.systems
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@ricci i asked a few times and no one seemed to want to say why asking about multi-user servers is more important than asking about all servers. I think, but don't know, that they want to have some answers about the viability of the volunteer-run community server model? I'm not sure.