Introducing 500 Social
I've decided to go for it and start that deliberately small online community I was talking about. It's called 500 Social.
I wasn't going to announce it yet, but I imported my follows into the new account and people are starting to notice, so I figured it's probably a good idea for me to announce it.
500 Social is a new deliberately small online community that is limited to a maximum of 500 members. I must stress that 500 is a maximum, not a target.
After thinking about it long and hard, and speaking to a lot of people about it via email and on the Fedi, I decided to just go for it.
It might fail, it might not. I really hope it won't, as it could be a lot of fun.
Here's the TL;DR but you can read more here:
- It costs $2/month to join
- Memberships are handled via Patreon
- If you cancel your membership on Patreon, I'll freeze your account on Mastodon, so if you decide to sign back up, you can pickup where you left off (assuming there are slots available)
- The very loose niche of the instance is "technology" but it's very loose and deliberately broad - I'm hoping folk will post about all kinds of things, not just tech
I'm also thinking about creating a lifetime option for a limited time. Somewhere in the region of $100 (~4 years membership) that will give people a lifetime account and a tag on their profile. Still stewing on that one though.
If you're interested in finding out more, or signing up, here's some links:
Don't forget to follow me over there too, as I will be posting on that account regularly. My account is @kev@500.social.
Want more?
So you've read this post and you're still not satisfied? Ok then, here's some other stuff for you to do: