How can the fediverse scale and grow to large communities like Reddit without large infrastructure and servers? How can a non-profit driven platform afford to keep the lights on if this takes off?
Decentralization and time. The technology will continue to grow. Not too long ago, platforms on the scale of Twitter, Facebook, Reddit etc. were thought to be impossible. As adoption increases, so too will the contributions from the open source community.
Are there ways to make it easier for laypeople like me to contribute to the infrastructure directly? And I don't mean financially, I mean hosting or something.