stux⚡️Nov 20, 2022

For the people who where wondering still!

#Mastodon is free open source software and the #Fediverse cannot be bought

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment

People fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy debate—without any one person in control.

WIRED
Show threadperson of no interestNov 20, 2022
@stux very tempted to try setting up a server, how different could it be from ircd?
Show threadBoskee ↙️↙️↙️↙️

@manofskin @stux There's an easy, step-by-step instruction on how to set up your own instance. It's banal and can be easily done within 30 minutes or so. Managing it, especially from the moderation side of things is a different thing tho:

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/prerequisites/

Preparing your machine - Mastodon documentation

Nov 20, 2022 at 6:55pmWeb
Show threadperson of no interestNov 20, 2022
@boskee @stux thanks for that, I would probably run on Debian, but most definitely looks very doable!
Show threadBoskee ↙️↙️↙️↙️Nov 20, 2022
@manofskin @stux I'm running on debian myself and those instructions are 100% compatible.