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@GregCirillo @futurebird

It has a lot of benefits, and a few costs.

Benefits:
* You control the moderation, so you can set your own rules and process for that.

* If the server gets overloaded and bogged down, you have the ability to fix that.

* You control branding (to a degree), which software / fork (and therefore what features you have).

* With some software or forks, you have local-only posting (Misskey, Calckey (Misskey), Hometown (Mastodon), Glitch-Social (Mastodon), at least.

28 Apr 2023 at 17:46 | Wall-to-wall | Open on realsocial.life
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@GregCirillo @futurebird

Costs -- pretty much mirrors of the above:

* You have to do the moderation -- or pay someone to.

* Also sys-admining -- or pay someone to.

* Customization, of course, requires tinkering.

* Again - details to manage: picking and installing software, and/or finding someone to do that for you.

There ARE services that do hosting and system-level administration for Fediverse servers.

28 Apr 2023 at 17:48 | Open on realsocial.life
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@GregCirillo @futurebird

I have a Misskey server that I run on my project site, which really only has me on it, though I plan to open it up to project contributors.

But I also keep this personal account on a server run by a friend. One reason is because it's less hassle. Another is because there is a larger community on this server. And another is because, if my site goes down, I will still have this account to tell people about it!

28 Apr 2023 at 17:50 | Open on realsocial.life
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