Kelsey HightowerNov 21, 2022
Mastodon is the Linux of social media. The UX needs a little work but the momentum behind the project might help it overtake the other proprietary platforms.
While I can use Mastodon as is, I can't help myself from looking under the hood, and I'll be forever tempted to run my own server.
Show threadRobin Vleij

@kelseyhightower Why would you not run your own, it's simpler than most of your example cases you show in demos :-)

A few containers, some object storage and a CDN and voila: warm and fuzzy feelings of running your own stuff haha #selfhosted #mastoadmin

Nov 21, 2022 at 3:16pmWeb
Show threadThomas Lee ✅ Nov 21, 2022
@robin @kelseyhightower
Well - for a start, I have zero Linux skills. And what container knowledge I have is on Windows.
And these days, I just don't have the energy to learn a new platform well enough to administer it. I'll let others do a much better job.
Show threadRobin VleijNov 21, 2022

@DoctorDNS @kelseyhightower Fair enough, some linux knowledge to spin up an instance somewhere and some knowledge to run containers is required (mixed with some DNS and security skills).

I was more reacting to Kelsey's "temptation" since I'm pretty sure he has the knowledge and energy 😂

Show threadThomas Lee ✅ Nov 21, 2022
@robin @kelseyhightower
i am pretty sure I have the DNS skills, but the rest is just something I will not do. For me, life is too short. That said, happy to watch! :-)