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[-] olizet@lemmy.works 28 points 1 year ago

I have created my own instance. With blackjack! And hookers, err, NSFW.

I found a cheap VPS and the easy_deploy script from git, that's how it started. And for 10 €/month I'll keep it going with a user count of 1.

[-] krdo@lmmy.net 8 points 1 year ago

Kinda expensive vps for a single person instance, is it not?

[-] olizet@lemmy.works 8 points 1 year ago
[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I think their point is you could have spent a lot less.

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

is that considered best practice ?

i'm not sure how any of this is supposed to work or if as a user i am supposed to care.

i've budgeted next month to pay the maintainer of the thingy that i am thingy-ing and hopefully on a monthly basis. but is the end game for users to run their own instances ?

[-] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

It's the same as hosting your own email server. Yes it's "best practice" to host your own, but there's updates, bug workarounds, certificates, etc etc that makes it easier to use someone else's server. In the end it's a personal choice.

[-] query@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Like hosting your own email server, if you also copy everyone else's emails to your server for the heck of it.

[-] remkit@lemmy.kya.moe 5 points 1 year ago

The end game is to either run your own instance, or find an instance that is run by an admin with the same mindset as you might have.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Or use multiple accounts on different instances that represent your different interests. Like maybe you have a "news & shitposting" account, and another "programming and piracy" one, etc. And ensure each account is on an instance that supports the necessary federations to support that.

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

or find an instance that is run by an admin with the same mindset as you might have.

I found one that apparently does for me, but then that mindset is "let me see everything, and leave what I want to view up to me".

[-] remkit@lemmy.kya.moe 1 points 1 year ago

That's a pretty common mindset amongst small instance runners I think, including the one I'm on. Only caveat, this instance doesn't allow NSFW posting (viewing is fine), and has a pretty vague ban policy lmao

[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't mind me asking: how much are you paying per month?

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

None yet. When I came here I had been away from reddit for about seven months looking for a place to put poems and homer stuff. Really this conversation has informed me onto what exactly is going on here in the fedvee.

i don't use reddit/facebook/twitter/insta/toktik/et cetera. I am just looking for a mostly texty experience without me having to run an instance of anything with mild socializing on other instances.

As for how much I have to a "give" part of my monthly budget that last month was a give to the food bank. it revolves around the food bank, one of the three local homeless shelters, the local animal companion welfare places and then generally in August I buy myself a LEGO set for when the rain starts instead of giving because I can be a selfish fuck.

i have added this to the "give" part of my budget with a note to do it for sure right after an upgrade or major outage because my instance admin will prolly want some love after that.

that is my current strategy for not wearing out instance welcome.

[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

Take a look at WriteFreely. It is more focused on writing long form and blogging and also works really well with other fediverse software.

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I can never tell if this is an invitation to leave or what. I like it here.

[-] rglullis@communick.news 0 points 1 year ago

It doesn't have to be a either/or. I am just saying: If you are looking for a place to write, maybe a blogging platform would be more suitable than a link sharing/discussion platform?

You can still stay on both.

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

That makes two of us, then.

[-] guts@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I would do it too if there is a way to monetize it just to pay the VPS costs.

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