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> The main problem is the discoverability on the users end The main problem is harassment, spam, maintenance & op cost and DDoS
by est 4y ago
> The main problem is the discoverability on the users end
The main problem is harassment, spam, maintenance & op cost and DDoS
- johnnymorgan 4y agoThose are operational problems, he's talking about customer pain points,ie even with all those things list you still need to get people to the door for it to happen
- est 4y agoIf your "social" site gets some attraction, you will get DDoS'd by some evil actor, sooner or later.
- johnnymorgan 4y ago100%, apologies I don't mean to downplay those issues, more helping comms between two parties. Those are legit operational issue to deal with but he was speaking more to product pain points, things that will motivate a customer.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoMost of these go away if you remove social features. Maintenance is not a problem. Most of the supposed maintenance burden of self-hosting a website is FUD from cloud-provider marketing. Like I spend probably like 60 minutes a month on maintenance, and I operate a dang search engine on my server. Sure I'm not getting five nines, but who cares. (There is additional operational work, but that's orthogonal to how and where its hosted)
- est 4y ago> Most of the supposed maintenance burden of self-hosting a website Ever tried to host and then years later upgrade an indie wordpress site? It's painful for semi-technical people.