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Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

@molly0xfff
There is something supremely liberating about hosting my own Masto instance. I have control, know where the data is (including backups), and know who has access to my DMs.

I don't really think it's for everyone, but it is a good thing if you're so inclined (or have good friends who can help).

18 Dec 2022 at 22:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on dataprotection.social
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Eodyne

@privacat @molly0xfff After first setting up on an instance (one of the few accepting new signupns during the last big wave) run by a virulent antivaxxer, I ended up setting up my own on a Raspberry Pi and a domain I've owned "just because" for several years.
It's been nice to have my own little island here.

18 Dec 2022 at 23:26 | Open on izzodlaw.com
Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

@IzzoD @molly0xfff I opted for hosting (on Infomaniak) largely because my home internet connection is flakey as hell, but it is lovely. :)

18 Dec 2022 at 23:29 | Open on dataprotection.social
Eodyne

@privacat @molly0xfff I'll certainly quickly run into issues if I were to decide to let anyone else sign up. I figure the Pi can handle at best 5-10 accounts max.
But I don't imagine I'd that for anyone but immediate family anyway.

18 Dec 2022 at 23:30 | Open on izzodlaw.com
Sean Reiser

@privacat @molly0xfff anyone who has been on the web for any period of time has lost content due to a service shutting down, so you get an additional level of safety by rolling your own.

19 Dec 2022 at 3:55 | Open on social.seanreiser.com
Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

@seanreiser
Contrapoint: anyone who has been on the web for any period of time and rolled their own has lost content due to a hard disk failure/no backups, or losing their password/user credentials.

🙃

@molly0xfff

19 Dec 2022 at 8:22 | Open on dataprotection.social
blausand 🐟

@privacat @seanreiser @molly0xfff
Not forgetting software that just won't eat it's own backups (OAndBackup, now Neo Backup), Software that fails migrating (Owncloud to Nextcloud), Operating systems deliberately sabotaging backup solutions (Android), and Backup solutions refusing to use standardized file systems (Windows System Backup requires ntfs).

19 Dec 2022 at 16:58 | Open on chaos.social
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