@julian @rolle every instance has a public timeline.It would have just made it so I don't have to go to mastodon.social, which would be VERY nice.

@andypiper@macaw.social ah I was asking about them as you were leaving HSBXL! Next time. It's pretty cost prohibitive to ship anything to Canada... although letter mail maybe not...

@beaware@social.beaware.live blame alarmists from the fediverse for that opt-in.

@hexaheximal@mastodon.social that's fair. I also feel a certain responsibility to protect and defend the fediverse from bad actors, so I get being on guard. I've also seen what happens when fedi brings out the pitchforks, though

Hi @robz@toot.robzazueta.com! (Thanks @beaware@social.beaware.live for bringing this to my attention) You're right, our website is more about our self-service hosting option, and that's because that's what pays our day-to-day bills. It's an unfortunate reality of the open-source development model. The project itself is licensed under GPLv3 and has always been this way. Your concerns over Automattic are well-founded and they also worry me. That said, NodeBB is free and open-source, and you are encouraged to self-host it. That has been our mantra from day one, and still remains that way today.

@marym@my-place.social please do keep asking questions! I'd love the opportunity to address this in full on another day, but you're right that it's a significant part of the fediverse that is currently lacking. It's one of those hard problems I'd love to tackle with @nodebb@fosstodon.org as well! cc @2kkyle@twit.social @feditips@social.growyourown.services