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For only $6/month, you can buy a managed instance of Mastodon[0] with 20gb of media storage. For an additional $1/year, you can buy a custom domain to use with

For only $6/month, you can buy a managed instance of Mastodon[0] with 20gb of media storage. For an additional $1/year, you can buy a custom domain to use with it. Obviously everyone isn't going to switch because of this, but if you're a microblogging nerd who wants the most out of their platform, Mastodon is looking increasingly appealing. [0] http://masto.host/ http://masto.host/

CameronNemo 4y ago
For an additional $1/year, you can buy a custom domain to use with it. Do you mean $1/month? Most .com, .org, and .net domains I've seen cost ~$12/year.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Oops, yeah. Forgot to do my math right :p
paxys 4y ago
You can type your posts for free on the Notes app on your phone and it will have the same effect. The value of Twitter is in the network and eyeballs, not the tech behind it.
- eatonphil 4y ago
  And also that it's moderated. Just like how we've got dang and company on HN, you've got to have good paid moderators.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    There's nothing to moderate if you're the only one on your instance.
    - anecdotal1 4y ago
      Yes there is. You have to spend the time blocking lots of servers full of crazy people who just spout offensive stuff at you because the entire server is full of people who dogpile on anything they see.
- noobermin 4y ago
  This is a harsh and bad comparison, it will certainly not have the "same effect" because a small audience, even one you can count on one hand, is larger than zero.
  - fazfq 4y ago
    You can go to a crowded place and send the notes via airdrop to everybody who crosses you.
  - paxys 4y ago
    Sharing individual iOS notes with others will probably result in greater reach than convincing them to join your Mastodon instance and keep track of your posts. Self-hosted Mastodon might be a good product by itself, but people need to stop pushing it as a Twitter substitute because that's not what it is.
    - smoldesu 4y ago
      > Sharing individual iOS notes with others will probably result in greater reach than convincing them to join your Mastodon instance and keep track of your posts. The same could be said about Twitter, just with more bots and advertisements.
      - cercatrova 4y ago
        Not really. The Twitter account I have has something like X thousand followers, which is certainly more than I'd be able to share around with iOS notes.

CameronNemo 4y ago

For an additional $1/year, you can buy a custom domain to use with it. Do you mean $1/month? Most .com, .org, and .net domains I've seen cost ~$12/year.

smoldesu 4y ago
Oops, yeah. Forgot to do my math right :p

paxys 4y ago

You can type your posts for free on the Notes app on your phone and it will have the same effect. The value of Twitter is in the network and eyeballs, not the tech behind it.

eatonphil 4y ago
And also that it's moderated. Just like how we've got dang and company on HN, you've got to have good paid moderators.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  There's nothing to moderate if you're the only one on your instance.
  - anecdotal1 4y ago
    Yes there is. You have to spend the time blocking lots of servers full of crazy people who just spout offensive stuff at you because the entire server is full of people who dogpile on anything they see.
noobermin 4y ago
This is a harsh and bad comparison, it will certainly not have the "same effect" because a small audience, even one you can count on one hand, is larger than zero.
- fazfq 4y ago
  You can go to a crowded place and send the notes via airdrop to everybody who crosses you.
- paxys 4y ago
  Sharing individual iOS notes with others will probably result in greater reach than convincing them to join your Mastodon instance and keep track of your posts. Self-hosted Mastodon might be a good product by itself, but people need to stop pushing it as a Twitter substitute because that's not what it is.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    > Sharing individual iOS notes with others will probably result in greater reach than convincing them to join your Mastodon instance and keep track of your posts. The same could be said about Twitter, just with more bots and advertisements.
    - cercatrova 4y ago
      Not really. The Twitter account I have has something like X thousand followers, which is certainly more than I'd be able to share around with iOS notes.