To have your own, yes, more or less (it handles downtime to some extent). Running your own server is not the "for dummies" version. The for dummies version is

To have your own, yes, more or less (it handles downtime to some extent). Running your own server is not the "for dummies" version. The for dummies version is "just go sign up on a instance with open sign ups and reasonable moderation", I'd recommend hachyderm.io to the tech crowd. It doesn't matter that much what server you're on.