Gregory's Server@atomicpoet I fully agree that one should be aware of who their true landlord is. But it’s not helpful to just say “host your own instance”. That requires time, money and technical expertise beyond the reach of 99% of citizens. This concept of selecting a server is already a weird/new thing for most people. A more consumer friendly solution might be a public “health label” that reveals location, ownership, admins, etc to encourage consumer education and choice.
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@atomicpoet *If* you have some baseline experience managing a server or doing anything technical. This is a literal foreign language to most people. EDIT: I only mean this as an example of why Mastodon so quickly earned a reputation of difficult. |
@kevinpotts I wouldn't go that far. Services like Cloudron make running your own instance super easy.
But sure not everyone can do it. If you have the means, do it.