@_elenaI see your point, but, while related, one does not necessarily have anything to do with the other.The Fediverse is not more difficult than t̶r̶a̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ legacy social media, so there is no learning curve that needs to be overcome before one's ready to tackle self-hosting. Finding a suitable server, sure, that's a bit tricky when coming from centralised platforms, but once an account has been opened, posting, following, and replying work pretty much the same as any other platform.Now self-hosting, that 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 have a learning curve, and it's surely not for everyone. It depends on one's technical expertise and/or one's willingness to learn.Wanting to escape from, for example, Instagram, can be a great motivator to get one's hands dirty, so to speak. While still new to the Fediverse, it was my strong desire to ditch WhatsApp et al, that drove me to self-hosting, and into the arms of #Snikket.My initial comment "next stop: Pixelfed" wasn't to do with self-hosting, but rather a reaction to the remark that Flickr had been chosen as an alternative to Instagram. It would be the logical next stop after Mastodon (which they're also not self-hosting), in this particular case.The biggest link between the Fediverse and self-hosting, is that pretty much everything on the Fediverse 𝘤𝘢𝘯 be self-hosted, and 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 is the rabbit hole I was pointing out. I also pointed out that many projects have public servers one can try out, before investing h̶o̶u̶r̶s̶ days in learning how to self-host.@Smidgybit may well decide that it's ultimately not for them, but they showed curiosity and asked for information.Discovering and exploring the Fediverse means two things: realising that 1) there 𝘪𝘴 another way to be on social media, and 2) the choice also includes the option to be 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 in control through self-hosting.
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