Mastohost @mastohost is taking on new accounts again. You can get your own Mastodon server for $6 a month! The great thing about it is they take care of the software, you do not need to be technical to run a server.
Mastohost is where sauropods.win is hosted, and I can recommend them. Support is top-notch, and it's all been smooth sailing.
@edaross
Well, I got to choose the name of my instance! being john[at]sauropods.win still make me laugh.
Secondly, being able to invite people I know to a place I can be absolutely sure of is pretty nice, and I think really helped get a lot of people over here.
And finally being able to set the moderation and federation policies is good. Even some of the well-known instances (that many people I know have joined) have made some federation decisions I would not want to live with.
John Conway
Ed Ross