Reddit expat. Goodbye, karma!
Test? Pff, push live and wait for someone to complain.
Ok, sure. But what if your instance became popular and started costing you hundreds per month? Or in a couple years and you lose interest, do you keep paying for it? What happens to all of the content that users created on your instance?
That’s an interesting idea. Maybe you could even choose the “default subs” for your instance from across lemmy.
It also keeps his friends working who aren’t in front of the camera. If he can take a vacation and get a solid payday for a bunch of people, why not?