JanetteSpeyerApr 8, 2024
Question for fedi experts. What are the benefits of hosting your own instance? #fediverse #mastodon
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@janettespeyer The main benefits we've seen are two-fold: self-reliance, and control.

Broadly speaking, relying on other people to administrate a server can be a bit of a compromise. You might have a great admin team, with dedicated moderators, tremendous uptime, and clear community policies. Or, you might not have any of those things.

The main critique of joining a community instance vs self-hosting can be summed up as the following question: how comfortable are you in having someone else make decisions on your behalf?
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Show threadJanetteSpeyerApr 8, 2024
@hello and there lies the question. I personally have been using Twitter-X for over 16 years but I am more concerned about my clients and their liabilities. Right now I am ok where I am but if I want to get my clients onto Mastodon I must make sure they are reasonably protected. I did notice that POTUS does not have a dedicated server. Weird. Thanks everyone here for your insights #fediverse
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@janettespeyer Not sure if you had seen this piece, but we've put some thought into the subject: https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/us-government-hosted-fediverse/

It's definitely doable, a big chunk of EU political bureaus and offices are on government-hosted Mastodon instances. The biggest challenge is probably going to be finding a quality vendor that understands compliance, competent moderators to run the service, and onboarding resources and training for social media teams.
Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server?

Reflecting on some of the hurdles for procuring a Fediverse instance for the US Government. There are a lot of hoops to jump through, but is it worthwhile?

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Show threadJanetteSpeyerApr 9, 2024
@hello amazing thanks. I am collecting all of this info.