Are server costs just generally cheaper/easier in colonial countries to run or is it purely a money and time thing?
They are cheaper. Locations outside US/EU and very few countries in Asia are sometimes called "exotic" and can be a bit expensive. Lemmy also has this issue where servers that are distant from each other lag behind.
Political campaign ads. Not a product so it might be different. I remember watching one that took advantage of homeless people and it made my stomach hurt.
The mod tools are too basic and barebones. I'd appreciate if we can get:
Post approval system for new or low-karma accounts (it can be karma for local communities)
Reporting system with multiple options (very hard to implement in the fediverse as everyone has different rules) so that the reports are sent to the proper channels. Admins shouldn't have to deal with community-specific rules (for example, "memes only on mondays").
Automoderator (these might already exist? I have not tried them.)
I don't know if I should split this comment into three or not but they're some general suggestions to address the complaint of basic mod tools.
I really want to say Gandi but they charge too much now and removed the free mailboxes.
Anyway, I'll vouch for Netim. Their prices are similar to (old) Gandi and they have a mailbox too. I'm looking into Spaceship for some other domains because they're really cheap.
Out of curiosity, other than fmhy.ml, lemmy.ml, and lemmygrad.ml, what other Lemmy instances were using .ml domains? Also, how are the latter two still running but fmhy.ml isn't?
edit: This has triggered a chain of comments I wasn't expecting. I'd appreciate it if someone can answer on a technical level. Is the latter two using a different registrar or name server which is why it still works for them?
There's a lot of subs like these which I don't want to name. Basically, subs with anti-corpo principles but refuses to leave corpo Reddit. I'm happy for the subs who are still dark even until now (and even more reason to be now that Reddit is deleting older DMs and removing awards/coins).
They are cheaper. Locations outside US/EU and very few countries in Asia are sometimes called "exotic" and can be a bit expensive. Lemmy also has this issue where servers that are distant from each other lag behind.