this post was submitted on 07 May 2021
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (1 children)

One of the easiest ways to start your own Mastodon instance : https://masto.host

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

I'm looking for this answer, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You probably don't want that. Even once you get past the technical hurdles (having a server, configuring eveything), which could be easily offered as a paying service, you would still be responsible from moderating the instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I'm not talking about myself as I'm already know how to do just that. I just thought it would scare some people getting into the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'm exploring Yunohost as a general self-hosting solution which includes fediverse places like mastodon, pixelfed, and many others in the works. You just hit a button to install it and then boom, instance! The yunohost project even provides a domain name for people who don't want to/can afford to pay for a domain name

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Hosting www plus hubzilla or friendica its easyer way imho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Did you really had to clarify that you are a human being? Are you secretly an alien?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

same planet as zuckerberg senpai :) he is kinda cringe doe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Sounds like you two are a match

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

You need to have some basic technical know-how, but there are some fediverse software projects that have requirements similar to Wordpress and thus can be run on cheap php only webhosting.

Hubzilla/Friendica/Zap and maybe Pixelfed fall in that general category.

Since your instance will federate with others anyways it is probably best to make registration limited to yourself and friends/family.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I'm asking this not for myself, but in case someone wanted to run an instance themselves and they're not as tech savvy. but I guess they have to learn the basics still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

These are the people who should start their own fediverse instance:

  • already existing group structures (they can do moderation themselves and get their instance managed by some admin they know or pay someone like masto.host)

  • people who have the technical knowledge can start a server for themselves and others, if they want to commit to the technical work it takes, they can make users etc help them with moderation

Also it's totally ok for someone to host a single user instance or test instance, but that's more of a personal hobby thing imo