thinking about starting own instance, totally unsure if it'd be worth the while...thoughts?

[heliograph@mastodon.au]

thinking about starting own instance, totally unsure if it'd be worth the while...
thoughts?

[leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu]

@Heliograph I'm running my own instance for just me: it's part of a server I rent via @hetzner and I'm running @gotosocial .
Running your own server is fun, it's a bit of hobby, but you have to understand you might very well pay 10-40EUR/month (or more depending on your wishes).

[heliograph@mastodon.au]

@leonieke yes it's these kinda costs i'm a bit shying away from... of course i am gladly paying for a good service, but with the australian currency being a banana dollar, €40EUR turn into $80AUD in no time >.< @hetzner

[leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu]

@Heliograph Yeah ....

[leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu]

@Heliograph but check out @elena posts about self hosting: she's bound to have tips on good servers as well.

[heliograph@mastodon.au]

@leonieke thank you will do! (tomorrow! ;D) @elena

[elena@aseachange.com]

@Heliograph @leonieke hi! I would recommend looking into self-hosting via GoToSocial... it's really powerful and features-rich.

I have my account on a basic Hetzner plan, installed via YunoHost. I keep hearing that self-hosting Mastodon is very resource intensive and not worth the hassle... whereas GoToSocial is lightweight and easy to maintain.

There is an independent tool available called SLURP that even allows you to move your posts from Mastodon to GoToSocial. @box464 and @joel have written superb blog posts about this process (sorry I don't have links ready).

Good luck!

P.S.: this is sent to you from my own GoToSocial account where I set character limit to 5000... aka 10x the limit of Mastodon. It's a wonderful wonderful feeling not having to break posts into multiple threads 🤗​