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I'm not interested in starting a territory or anything, I do find the whole thing quite interesting from a behavior standpoint though.
looking at the general comments, it seems like most people go with the line that 'it doesn't matter if a territory is profitable if you want to make money, do something else'. personally, I don't find the expectation of some return, even symbolic to be outrageous, especially since most people here are free-market maxis.
but again, looking at the comments, basically, the current motivation seems to be public service/martyr . But, can SN grow to be bigger if it requires purely idealistic territory founders? if there are only a few neiche active territories, is that enough to entice and retain new people?
Part of the motivation behind territory fees being high is wanting them to cost what it'd cost (best case) for a territory to be self-hosted. If I can make them profitable with the fees high, I can be reasonably certain decentralization is incentivized and doesn't require a critical mass of martyrs.
That said, lowering territory fees might be the most organic way for SN to grow. Because if territory founders are really profitable, they become better-than-a marketing department. They'd stop marketing to minimize regret, and begin marketing to make money.