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I'm asking cause my previous post regarding my server that isn't at home got moderated for violating rule 3. I don't get it 🤔

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not a mod but, to me I see self hosting as maintaining your own setup. If it's hosted in a cloud you still are maintaining the setup you are just offloading hardware responsibilities to someone else.

It's not like you are signing up for google photos and then saying "yo guys I have my own photos self hosted", you still are putting the pain and suffering into making it work, you just aren't worrying about the hardware or network requirements (outside of security)

Being said, some people firmly see ""self-hosting" as you buy the parts, install and configure everything and it's coming out of your house.

It's a sticky situation, imo that type of ideology also throws any type of using a DNS/DDOS host out the window as well., but again YMMV depending on who you ask.

I definitly think if you are installing -> configuring -> maintaining and then -> using. you meet the definition of self hosting.

edit: Being said, looking at the log, your deleted post was the one about your current external host provider dropping you due to heavy load(they were eco friendly) right? I can kind of see why they felt this didn't meet the environment of the community. But i see both sides of the argument.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 15 hours ago

your deleted post was the one about your current external host provider dropping you due to heavy load(they were eco friendly) right?

I did not do any of the sh*it they accuse me of. I want to be eco-friendly too. That's one of the primary reasons why I self-host and write code.