Post #2253317
2026-04-05 21:17 UTC
@astraluma@tacobelllabs.net Does self-hosting not include being able to host for small groups?
Does it not involve commercial web hosts? Most folks won't be running a server in their closer, for example. I know I don't.
As an example, a self-hosted forum necessarily has other users on it. A self-hosted minecraft server could serve many people.
I see supporting self-hosting as a broad anti-centralization front.
I'm actually in support of reasonable hosting companies.
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@scarlet@plush.city 2026-04-05 21:18
@astraluma@tacobelllabs.net That is unless you are advocating on behalf of discord, microsoft, google, etc - if that's what you're in favor of, then we are diametrically opposed.
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@BLatro@vis.social 2026-04-06 02:51
@scarlet@plush.city @astraluma@tacobelllabs.net I think the key is to sort out how to fund them from the start, and then what they're to be afterwards. Lots are now used to the idea of social media being free. I'd suggests a subscriber pays for X number of accounts, and then invites people to join them. Then, when the subscription is due, any of the members could pay it. Which is how such groups would live, or be brought back to life.