Outline 
> Release a report on the estimated collective current investment on fediverse technology: 
>
> Look at qualifiers like:
>- Used system resources (CPU, storage, networking)
>- Amount of software developers actively working on Fediverse software >products
>- Amount of system administration engineers actively working on Fediverse software products
>- Amount of moderation and governance people


# An estimate of investments in the Fediverse 

## Introduction
* Define Fediverse / Social web 
* Goals of this document 

## Methodology
* Numbers used & why these numbers and not other numbers
* Services / platforms investigated
* Why these services & platforms? 
* Software applications  
* Topic opened: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/any-info-on-the-estimated-collective-investments-time-money-on-fediverse-tech/4844?u=bjornw  

## A closer look at the Fediverse platforms  
* Name of service/platform 
* Description of service/platform 
* estimated nr of installations 
* estimated nr of users (Monthly Active Users)
* estimated nr of developers working on the service 
* estimated nr of moderators
* estimated costs for the service 

## Estimating investments in the Fediverse 
* Conclusion  


## References 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
* https://fedidb.org/
* https://mastodon-analytics.com/ 
* https://www.thinkimpact.com/mastodon-statistics/
* https://fediverse.observer/
* https://the-federation.info/
* https://fediverse.party
* https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-f1d5-nodeinfo-in-fediverse-software/1190 
* https://codeberg.org/fediverse