Adrián Rico<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xurxia.net/@xurxia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xurxia</span></a></span> Xusto tiña pendente de leer este artigo que tamén fala un pouco do mesmo: crear servizos comunitarios para non depender das grandes empresas: <a href="https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drewlyton.com/story/the-future</span><span class="invisible">-is-not-self-hosted/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
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It's Richie<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ops</span></a> </p><p>A small group of us are working on community level hosting of 'self-hosted' FOSS tools (think <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NextCloud</span></a> and more) setup as a local service offering for local grassroots organisations. We're seeking advice/tips/guidance.</p><p>We're keen to do some orchastration but want to avoid the complexity of say Kubernetes.</p><p>As a start we were looking at Ansible with Docker Swarm but we're now exploring other alternatives.</p><p>Anyone have experience at this sort of hobbist just a bit bigger than <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> Ops scale?</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pyinfra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pyinfra</span></a> is being considered as an Ansible, in the projects words "Think ansible but Python instead of YAML, and a lot faster." (<a href="https://pyinfra.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pyinfra.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p>Anyone have experience at this homelab/small hosting level? Would love any tips/suggestions for tools/approaches.</p><p>One source of inspiration is the 12Factor app methodology: <a href="https://12factor.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">12factor.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Personally, as a rubyist I'm always keen to know what the ruby community is doing in this space also. </p><p>Haven't seen many others doing work at this scale, lets use the tag <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> to keep connected :)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/@digital_justice_society" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>digital_justice_society</span></a></span></p><p>cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jadehopepunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jadehopepunk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ryan</span></a></span> @gilbert @bounding_star <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@steph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>steph</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@moxvallix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moxvallix</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/@organvoid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>organvoid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@teq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>teq</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ruby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruby</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RubyOnRails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RubyOnRails</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Orchastration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orchastration</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenTofu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTofu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>(2/2)</p><p>Reliability of hosting makes people more hesitant to do more than dabble in a new service, which does limit adoption. If we can solve that, we've got something to offer that's more useful to people than proprietary services. Ways to do that could include building community institutions that make hosting more sustainable, or by making accounts and data less dependent on SPoF hosts, or both.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"...the goal is that [BandWagon.fm] is maybe the hub of a network of servers. Maybe this is the first server people come to, set up all their stuff, and then use it to port out eventually to the server they want to be on. All those servers out there in the network, they could easily be run by small labels, or co-ops, or community organisations."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benpate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benpate</span></a></span>, lead developer of Emissary and BandWagon, 2025</p><p><a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/lorenzosmusic/episodes/Ben-Pate-of-Bandwagon-fm---Crafting-a-New-Site-for-Musicians-e31vrl7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creators.spotify.com/pod/profi</span><span class="invisible">le/lorenzosmusic/episodes/Ben-Pate-of-Bandwagon-fm---Crafting-a-New-Site-for-Musicians-e31vrl7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BandWagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BandWagon</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediversereport.com/author/laurenshof/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LaurensHof</span></a></span> <br>> Turtleisland.social is a Mastodon server for the North American Native/Indigenous community. They have set up their own PDS server for community members to join Bluesky as well</p><p>Hey this is a cool example of community-hosting. One of the goals of Bridge Seat Co-op is to support Māori to host more of their own online services, to help protect their data sovereignty.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataSovereignty</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>OMG I just remembered the BBS craze. Which happened in the decade or so between my childhood computers (Commodore 64), and owning my first PC, so I didn't get to participate. By the time I got back into computers, net connections, email and the web were a thing.</p><p>But the BBS is one aspect of the future we need to build. A community-hosted server, offering members a range of services, connected to others via an open digital network.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PikAPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PikAPods</span></a>;</p><p>"Instant Open Source App Hosting<br>Run the finest Open Source web apps from just $1.20/month."</p><p><a href="https://www.pikapods.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">pikapods.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I can't endorse this company's services without at least trying them, so keep your grain of salt handy. But I like the concept.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Very disappointing to hear Stewart and Campbell hocking commercial VPN services in the middle of their podcast;</p><p><a href="https://therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/365-trump-s-mafia-world-order" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therestispolitics.supportingca</span><span class="invisible">st.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/365-trump-s-mafia-world-order</span></a></p><p>In 2025, for anything other than tunneling under Great Firewall style net restrictions, commercial VPNs are a con;</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/technology/personaltech/are-vpns-worth-it.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2021/10/06/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/personaltech/are-vpns-worth-it.html</span></a></p><p>If you really need a VPN you're better to use a community-hosted one run by someone you know and trust;</p><p><a href="https://blog.ishosting.com/en/self-hosted-vpn-setup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.ishosting.com/en/self-hos</span><span class="invisible">ted-vpn-setup</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Hey fediverse admins, what would you recommend as the best way to ge people up to speed on how to run a herd of fediverse servers? Imagine these are "computer people" with intermediate or even advanced tech knowledge/ skills, but no prior experience with hosting servers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FediverseAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ServerAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServerAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Grow Your Own Services 🌱<p>While you're waiting for GitHub to stop being broken, you might want to check out a self-hosting alternative called <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@forgejo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forgejo</span></a></span> at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://forgejo.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">forgejo.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Alternatively, if you just want a Forgejo instance to sign up on, check out <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Codeberg</span></a></span> at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://codeberg.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Forgejo is free open source software, and is a community-run hard fork of Gitea.</p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GitHubDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHubDown</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CodeForges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CodeForges</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dev</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Grow Your Own Services 🌱<p>Are you interested in running your own social media server, online service or website, but you haven't actually done it yet?</p><p>If so, what is the single biggest barrier for you?</p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ManagedHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagedHosting</span></a></p>
FediFollows<p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> / <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> / <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ManagedHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagedHosting</span></a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fedihost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fedihost</span></a></span> - PeerTube & Mastodon managed hosting</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mastohost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastohost</span></a></span> - Mastodon managed hosting</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@snikket_im" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>snikket_im</span></a></span> - XMPP/Jabber managed hosting</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Cloud68" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Cloud68</span></a></span> - Managed hosting for very wide range of FOSS services</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@homegrown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>homegrown</span></a></span> - Advising non-techy people on hosting their own online services</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kanoa.de/@adminforge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adminforge</span></a></span> - German-language site advising on self-hosting</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jellyfin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jellyfin</span></a></span> - Host your own Netflix/Spotify-style streaming service</p><p>🧵 1/7</p>
Grow Your Own Services 🌱<p>I've written a "Beginner's Guide to creating and using your own domain name", which is aimed at non-technical people who are buying their first domain for use on their own site:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://growyourown.services/a-beginners-guide-to-creating-and-using-your-own-domain-name" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">growyourown.services/a-beginne</span><span class="invisible">rs-guide-to-creating-and-using-your-own-domain-name</span></a></p><p>It tries to cover all the basics and things that might trip you up.</p><p>Would appreciate all and any kind of feedback, corrections etc.</p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ManagedHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManagedHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Along the same lines, how do we get the audio and video embedded in AudioCulture.co.nz into something community-hosted, rather than on SpewTube and SoundLoud, and get AudioCulture to embed that instead?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AudioCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudioCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>After a long break, I just started updating the list of community-hosted code forges here;</p><p><a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/List_of_Community-Hosted_Code_Forge_Instances" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.p2pfoundation.net/List_of</span><span class="invisible">_Community-Hosted_Code_Forge_Instances</span></a></p><p>... as well as the brief intro to forge decentralisation projects at the top. If you have a P2PF wiki account, feel free to contribute. Otherwise, feel free to hit me up here with things that need updating.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CodeForges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CodeForges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ForgeFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForgeFederation</span></a></p>
FediFollows<p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> & <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> picks of the day:</p><p>(All of these are FOSS and self-hostable)</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> - Host your own personal cloud, with lots of built-in services/apps you can install</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@yunohost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yunohost</span></a></span> - Linux distro which lets you install self-hosting services through a graphic interface</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freedomboxfndn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freedomboxfndn</span></a></span> - Version of Linux designed to make self-hosting services easier</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@homegrown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>homegrown</span></a></span> - Site helping non-technical people use managed hosting to run their own online services</p><p>1/5</p>
Strypey<p>It would be handy if there was a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matrix</span></a></span> homeserver package that could handle multiple domains, like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://jointakahe.takahe.social/@takahe/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>takahe</span></a></span> does for ActivityPub. That way many small groups could give their members matrix accounts using their own domain names, while sharing the work and expenses of running a single homeserver.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Takah%C4%93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takahē</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Are you keen to learn how to self-host your own internet services, like instances of Mastodon or other fediverse software, and gain the skills to help with community-hosting projects? Intimidated by the risks of services you depend on falling over at inconvenient times or losing your data? It's much less anxiety-inducing to learn the basics by hosting instances of web apps, like Searx, Nitter, Bibliogram, or Invidious. Tools for viewing data stored elsewhere.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
FediTips has moved!<p>There is nothing in any Fediverse platform's software code that forces it to be for-profit.</p><p>Fediverse servers are totally independent and can easily be set up to serve a community or non-profit organisation.</p><p>For example, a co-operative could set up its own server and run it just like anything else the co-op does. Votes could be taken on what rules to have, who should be moderating, which other servers to federate with etc.</p><p>The technical and financial barriers to ownership of a Fediverse server are surprisingly low, especially if you use a managed hosting service where the hosting company handles the technical stuff.</p><p>The price of a managed hosting server starts from about 6 euros per month. The price per month goes up the more users are on the server, but the price per user goes down steeply as a server grows. At the largest server size, the cost per user is only a few cents per user per month.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Thus saying 'People don’t want to run their own servers' is akin to saying 'People don’t want to start their own YouTube channel'. Both sentences contain the same amount of statistical bullshit."</p><p><a href="https://staltz.com/some-people-want-to-run-their-own-servers.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">staltz.com/some-people-want-to</span><span class="invisible">-run-their-own-servers.html</span></a></p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Andr%C3%A9Staltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndréStaltz</span></a> said this in 2022, in reaction to the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MoxieMarlinspike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoxieMarlinspike</span></a> piece on 'Web3 First Impressions':</p><p><a href="https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-firs</span><span class="invisible">t-impressions.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CommunityHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web3</span></a></p>
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