I have the impression that people clinch way too much to the image of a fediverse instance as some sort of appartment building with a landlord (the host/admin) having to deal with raucous tenants (the users).

Instances, IMO are not places but conversations (or: doors into communication). They have their own atmosphere, grow their own reputation, they rise and vanish.

The "house-landlord-tenant" image involves a hierarchy that neglects the mutual dependence of user and admin, and the mutual responsibilities thereof.

Forget the technicalities and the hardware. The fediverse and its instances are a far more floating and evanescent thing.

To put it even more in visual language: What we are doing (with the use of technicalities and infratstructure) is:

*Dancing a Thought*

#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten