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That's one of the reasons to POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere). If Instagram ever bans my account and even if the federated Pixelfed insta

That's one of the reasons to POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere). If Instagram ever bans my account and even if the federated Pixelfed instance I've chosen will be taken down, all my photos will be still available on my personal homepage.

iLoveOncall 4y ago
This is not a silver bullet and it gives you a false sense of security. I have had a domain name stolen by a registrar and I have had web hostings suspended. It's literally impossible for an individual to not be dependant on MANY 3rd party for making your website accessible online.
- mitchdoogle 4y ago
  Well then just make your own domain registrar, duh. In seriousness though, it's been much less likely historically for registrars to take sites down than for social media to ban users.
  - iLoveOncall 4y ago
    > In seriousness though, it's been much less likely historically for registrars to take sites down than for social media to ban users. Is it? We're comparing billions of social media users with at most millions of domain name owners. We're also comparing the unhinged cesspool of social media with the vastly more currated custom websites (and the amount of moderation that goes with it). I'm not sure that if you looked at the proportion of users unjustifiably banned from social media VS registrars you would see such a big difference. I'm pretty sure that if you sent a few DMCA requests to a registrar you'd get any small website closed in less than a week.
- darekkay 4y ago
  > This is not a silver bullet and it gives you a false sense of security. Depends on your expectations. I'm aware that I can lose the access to my domain, server host or DNS. Personally, I see those chances lower than losing access to Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Google. But even if I do lose my own website, I can register a new domain, restore my VPS backup and have my website back online. That's not something that is usually possible after Big Tech bans you. Also, POSSE encourages you to syndicate your content, so I have multiple copies of the same content, making it more resilient. If both my social media and my website get banned at the same time, then losing my published writing and photography content will probably be the least of my problems.
- idiotsecant 4y ago
  This seems like a somewhat impractical argument - each layer of third party reliance is increasing the probability of an event like this. Surely removing some of those layers makes the problem better? I don't think parent post is claiming that it's a perfect solution - those so rarely exist.
- unethical_ban 4y ago
  >I have had a domain name stolen by a registrar and I have had web hostings suspended. Well, that sounds odd. I feel like having a domain name "stolen" when you have an up-to-date payment for a domain would be grounds for litigation, unlike an instagram account getting suspended. Likewise with web-hosting: If you pay for it, I feel there would be more avenues for arbitration. Of course nothing is 100%, but the abstraction certainly helps.

iLoveOncall 4y ago

This is not a silver bullet and it gives you a false sense of security. I have had a domain name stolen by a registrar and I have had web hostings suspended. It's literally impossible for an individual to not be dependant on MANY 3rd party for making your website accessible online.

mitchdoogle 4y ago
Well then just make your own domain registrar, duh. In seriousness though, it's been much less likely historically for registrars to take sites down than for social media to ban users.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  > In seriousness though, it's been much less likely historically for registrars to take sites down than for social media to ban users. Is it? We're comparing billions of social media users with at most millions of domain name owners. We're also comparing the unhinged cesspool of social media with the vastly more currated custom websites (and the amount of moderation that goes with it). I'm not sure that if you looked at the proportion of users unjustifiably banned from social media VS registrars you would see such a big difference. I'm pretty sure that if you sent a few DMCA requests to a registrar you'd get any small website closed in less than a week.
darekkay 4y ago
> This is not a silver bullet and it gives you a false sense of security. Depends on your expectations. I'm aware that I can lose the access to my domain, server host or DNS. Personally, I see those chances lower than losing access to Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Google. But even if I do lose my own website, I can register a new domain, restore my VPS backup and have my website back online. That's not something that is usually possible after Big Tech bans you. Also, POSSE encourages you to syndicate your content, so I have multiple copies of the same content, making it more resilient. If both my social media and my website get banned at the same time, then losing my published writing and photography content will probably be the least of my problems.
idiotsecant 4y ago
This seems like a somewhat impractical argument - each layer of third party reliance is increasing the probability of an event like this. Surely removing some of those layers makes the problem better? I don't think parent post is claiming that it's a perfect solution - those so rarely exist.
unethical_ban 4y ago
>I have had a domain name stolen by a registrar and I have had web hostings suspended. Well, that sounds odd. I feel like having a domain name "stolen" when you have an up-to-date payment for a domain would be grounds for litigation, unlike an instagram account getting suspended. Likewise with web-hosting: If you pay for it, I feel there would be more avenues for arbitration. Of course nothing is 100%, but the abstraction certainly helps.