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submitted 6 days ago by SuperDuperKitten to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

I am interested of self-hosting my own instance but one the issue I have is:

  • Price for renting server and buying domain name. Mainly, I have low income.
  • Unsure if it be single-user instance or if I want multiple people on my instance.
  • If my instance is for multiple users, if I be the best fit for moderation as well, pitching it to non Fedizen (whatever you call people that use the Fediverse) as well as the theme of the instance as it would effect my Fedi software of choice (eg. Friendica, Mastodon/Glitch)

I just worried that I try just do it immediately without planning things out or have whatever things in mind which might otherwise help me know what's the best choice and not be upset that I wasted my time and money on something that didn't work out for me.

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[-] SuperDuperKitten 2 points 6 days ago

None of this is meant to scare you off, obviously I still host and I’m glad for it.

I hadn't been too scared off and actually found your answer useful so thank you very much!

But for multiple-user instance, I was thinking of maybe having community based on just being fan of music but more leaning on pop music so sort of like your Lemmy instance if it was hosting Mastodon instead. I won't lie, it what I sort of miss Twitter just being a fanboy (minus the bigotry, bullying and just the cult-like behaviour) and just post stuff related to music I enjoyed, even if it just some random photoshoot I think looks great! I just concern that people on Fediverse would see it as it being a pro-"worshipping celebrities" instance instead of instance that just wants to say "Love their music, it means a lot to me".

[-] abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es 2 points 4 days ago

@scrubbles @SuperDuperKitten My advice only host an instance for people you know ansmd trust. Its not hard to self host something like friendica on a raspberrypi or intel n100 machine using something like yunohost

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