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 🤗​

[heliograph@mastodon.au]

@elena about the maximum length I'm with him this guy 👇

“Brevity is the soul of wit. But not in so many words.” – @neinquarterly

about everything else I will read up tomorrow thank you very much for all your nice words of encouragement and support 🤗👏
@leonieke @box464 @joel

[elena@aseachange.com]

@Heliograph ah yes! Great quote 😆

As for #GoToSocial, if you’re not familiar with it, I wrote an article about it earlier this year: https://blog.elenarossini.com/gotosocial-empowers-you-to-have-your-own-home-on-the-fediverse-with-unique-controls/

@leonieke @box464 @joel

[heliograph@mastodon.au]

@elena i already like this 😆👇

"The name #YunoHost comes from the jargon "Y U NO Host". This Internet meme should illustrate it:"

@leonieke @box464 @joel

[elena@aseachange.com]

@Heliograph @leonieke @box464 @joel YES!!!!

Disclaimer: I mispronounced it for like 4 months... but then the kind YunoHost people asked me to do a presentation for them, as part of a YunoHost users showcase/testimony at JDLL... and in the runup to it I realized the correct pronunciation was Why-You-No-Host... instead of You-No-Host 😅​

[joel@gts.tumfatig.net]

@elena @Heliograph @leonieke @box464 I thought it was You Know Host 😅

[elena@aseachange.com]

@joel @Heliograph @leonieke @box464 excellent 😂​

[elena@aseachange.com]

@joel @Heliograph @leonieke @box464 now that I think of it... Why-You-No-Host is great when you're considering yunohost.org but haven't taken a leap into self-hosting yet...

A year in, I should think of it as you wrote: You Know Host 😆​