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> host your identity on your own server This gets the closest to having control over your online identity but, honestly, the ROI for self-hosting your own Mast
by jskherman 3y ago
> host your identity on your own server
This gets the closest to having control over your online identity but, honestly, the ROI for self-hosting your own Mastodon server just isn't worth it. The requirements are too demanding for just a one-person (or a few more) instance.
Even with Pleroma/Akkoma/[other platform], you still have to jump through some hoops of complexity for someone new to the fediverse, let alone a Twitter refugee (even on the more tech-literate side).
- Zak 3y agoI've self-hosted both Pleroma and Mastodon. One isn't much more effort than the other. Fully self-hosting anything is a big step for anyone without sysadmin experience, though managed hosting is a good intermediate option for those willing to pay for it.
- jskherman 3y agoPaying is not an option for most people coming from free services like Twitter. It was not for me since I can't spend money on something frivolous like a Mastodon/Pleroma server. I've already tried deploying Pleroma on Fly.io using a Dockerfile and successfully did it with someone's guide. I was hoping to get away with the Fly.io's free tier but it's still a lot of work to maintain for something that should be simple. With Pleroma and it's derivatives there is not even an option to reimport "backups".
- Zak 3y agoI think I have to dispute the idea that hosting a web service like Pleroma "should be simple". It's a complex system with multiple dependencies and an external database server. Of course, it would be nice if somebody made a full-featured fediverse server that was self-contained with no dependencies, did backups through a web UI, and was generally as easy as possible for someone without expertise to self-host. Pleroma isn't designed for that. Neither is Mastodon.