Why did I start @gofedi@social.gofedi.com?
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Why did I start @gofedi@social.gofedi.com?
The short answer: I co-founded another Fediverse hosting service called @spacehost@spacehost.team. But for several reasons—which I won’t get into here—I stepped away in January 2024.
Then in August, I learned that SpaceHost was very likely to shut down. As a customer myself, that hit hard. SpaceHost was the only fully-managed hosting provider that truly supported multiple Fediverse platforms—and I believed something like it had to live on.
So I reached out to @rjbasitali@mastodon.social, SpaceHost’s lead engineer, and asked if he wanted to keep the idea alive. He did. And that’s how GoFedi was born.
Unfortunately, my hunch was right: SpaceHost is shutting down. But I’ve since worked with them to arrange a full migration path to GoFedi—so their users can stay online, safely and smoothly.
SpaceHost is sunsetting, but GoFedi is here to carry the torch—and we’re doing it all in Canada.
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