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Im very surprised that, among techies, there aren't more people running their own instance as a solo user, so that they can own the entire username including th

Im very surprised that, among techies, there aren't more people running their own instance as a solo user, so that they can own the entire username including the domain name. It's what I did for myself (Follow me! @jerome@leclan.ch), following Simon Willison's post: https://til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/custom-domain-mastodon https://til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/custom-domain-mastodo...

lapcat 4y ago
"Notice: due to the recent influx of traffic, new subscriptions are closed." https://masto.host/ https://masto.host/ "hi! there's been a huge wave of new members and new instances recently, and that's a Lot of work. i am tired and especially won't be very available in the next months for health reasons, so i won't be accepting new instances for a while." https://fedi.monster/ https://fedi.monster/ "Due to overwhelming demand, registrations are currently closed." https://cloudplane.org/ https://cloudplane.org/
- scrollaway 4y ago
  A lot of users on these are opening up public instances, rather than their own. I don't see a huge amount of "host mastodon for yourself on your own domain" people. I went this route (via https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/mastodon https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/mastodon - I would have used masto.host otherwise). Im keeping an eye on Takahe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739) as hosting mastodon is kind of expensive, for the type of use I make of it.
isodev 4y ago
I too self host my instance. I opted to use Pleroma (https://pleroma.social/ https://pleroma.social/) for a backend to interact with the fediverse because of the easier setup and lower hosting requirements. It’s been working for a few years now and (luckily) I never had major incidents. It’s very refreshing to be in full control of one’s data (compared to the centralised experience with other socials like Twitter and Facebook).
- scrollaway 4y ago
  I considered Pleroma, but opted to use Mastodon because DO had a ready-made droplet. I will likely switch to Takahe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739) as soon as it's a little more ready, for the reasons you describe.
aendruk 4y ago
Speaking from three years’ experience on a single-user instance, Mastodon just isn’t designed with this use in mind. Having the custom domain is neat but for now comes at the cost of an awkward and isolated experience. Some of that could be improved with UI changes but to address it satisfactorily probably requires the server to do some proactive crawling beyond what’s dropped in your inbox. For just ownership of identity keep an eye on this issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668
- kornhole 4y ago
  One's own or a small instance with a few friends is suitable for people who are high profile who post challenging content. People will follow them from anywhere and visibility will be gained that way. Some high profile people do not want to be subject to the whims of moderators. Examples include every politician and many journalists. If you are not a high profile publisher, you will likely experience a bit of isolation with your own instance.

lapcat 4y ago

"Notice: due to the recent influx of traffic, new subscriptions are closed." https://masto.host/ https://masto.host/ "hi! there's been a huge wave of new members and new instances recently, and that's a Lot of work. i am tired and especially won't be very available in the next months for health reasons, so i won't be accepting new instances for a while." https://fedi.monster/ https://fedi.monster/ "Due to overwhelming demand, registrations are currently closed." https://cloudplane.org/ https://cloudplane.org/

scrollaway 4y ago
A lot of users on these are opening up public instances, rather than their own. I don't see a huge amount of "host mastodon for yourself on your own domain" people. I went this route (via https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/mastodon https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/mastodon - I would have used masto.host otherwise). Im keeping an eye on Takahe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739) as hosting mastodon is kind of expensive, for the type of use I make of it.

isodev 4y ago

I too self host my instance. I opted to use Pleroma (https://pleroma.social/ https://pleroma.social/) for a backend to interact with the fediverse because of the easier setup and lower hosting requirements. It’s been working for a few years now and (luckily) I never had major incidents. It’s very refreshing to be in full control of one’s data (compared to the centralised experience with other socials like Twitter and Facebook).

scrollaway 4y ago
I considered Pleroma, but opted to use Mastodon because DO had a ready-made droplet. I will likely switch to Takahe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33731739) as soon as it's a little more ready, for the reasons you describe.

aendruk 4y ago

Speaking from three years’ experience on a single-user instance, Mastodon just isn’t designed with this use in mind. Having the custom domain is neat but for now comes at the cost of an awkward and isolated experience. Some of that could be improved with UI changes but to address it satisfactorily probably requires the server to do some proactive crawling beyond what’s dropped in your inbox. For just ownership of identity keep an eye on this issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668

kornhole 4y ago
One's own or a small instance with a few friends is suitable for people who are high profile who post challenging content. People will follow them from anywhere and visibility will be gained that way. Some high profile people do not want to be subject to the whims of moderators. Examples include every politician and many journalists. If you are not a high profile publisher, you will likely experience a bit of isolation with your own instance.