CJ GaspariWhere does one go when mastodon.social goes down? 🥲 it’s grinding to a halt
Samir (moved)@whatthecj yeah, I am about to go to our own server
This instance is slow and unreliable
@albattran I need to understand more the pros/cons of hosting your own instance. I know several of the pros (ownership, reliability) but I’m sure there would be some cons. But maybe I aught to spin up an instance and see!
@whatthecj
I had team members create an instance for the company, so learned few things
The biggest problem is seeing replies by others. Your instance will only see replies from "known accounts", and if you have a small instance it will have small amount of known accounts, so you miss out.
Relays help solve much (if not all of) this problem.
Few other cons:
2. Cost
3. Maintenance
4. Setup was a pain even for devs!
@albattran this is awesome info, thanks! Maybe I’ll spin one up just for fun. I always love to tinker on a project. Thanks!