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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 4 months ago

@patrickleavy
> I worry about the inability of people to host their own servers

This is the trickiest challenge to growing the fediverse. One approach would be to direct people to lists of existing open registration servers, and of hosting providers for new servers;

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Hosting-services-offering-managed-fediverse-servers

> Are there any efforts to make [hosting a fediverse server] into a simple process?

@deadsuperhero?
@liaizon?
@smallcircles? @bob?=

Media Revolution

@mediarevolution@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

@strypey 👏👏👏

Such welcoming words and warm wisdom!

It's as if you were hosting an event space IRL, right? New arrivals will integrate and interact much better with a little human support and gentle wayfinding advice!

💚 Thank you for doing this for us!!

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 4 months ago

@mediarevolution
> It's as if you were hosting an event space IRL, right?

Exactly what I was thinking as I drafted the post : )

Patrick Leavy

@patrickleavy@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

@strypey My nonprofit, the Rebel Tech Alliance, want to encourage a mass walkout from #bigtech platforms by the end of 2025.

If that walkout is to be towards the fediverse, which I hope it is, I worry about the inability of people to host their own servers.

Are there any efforts to make this into a simple process that even a normie could achieve?

#Deadline2025 #BigTechWalkout2025 #Reclaim2025

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/index.html

Open Risk

@openrisk@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

@patrickleavy @strypey

people can self-host in two ways: in their own premises and hardware (via NAS), on somebody else's premises and hardware (via VPS).

In both cases lowering the threshold means single click installs.

It further means a simplified and automated maintainance schedule for backups/recoveries, software updates etc.

Its not trivial, but if we could get availability of such setups there could be orders of magnitude more servers.

Maybe that would be enough to reverse the tide?

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 4 months ago

@patrickleavy
> I worry about the inability of people to host their own servers

This is the trickiest challenge to growing the fediverse. One approach would be to direct people to lists of existing open registration servers, and of hosting providers for new servers;

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Hosting-services-offering-managed-fediverse-servers

> Are there any efforts to make [hosting a fediverse server] into a simple process?

@deadsuperhero?
@liaizon?
@smallcircles? @bob?=

just small circles 🕊

@smallcircles@social.coop replied · 4 months ago

@strypey @patrickleavy@deadsuperhero @liaizon @bob

There are two #DelightfulCommons lists that you may consult here..

They are cross-referenced from yet another fedi related list I just totally revamped. See:

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience/#fediverse-hosting-providers

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