vkc // Veronica ExplainsJun 7, 2024

Hi folks. Planning to return soon.

I will likely be spinning up my own instance and migrating this account to it. My instance has been great but I'm wanting to run my own for complicated reasons related to being a content creator.

Hopefully your follow will automatically move and whatnot. If not, it's been fun. :P

Show threadvkc // Veronica ExplainsJun 7, 2024

What should my personal instance URL be?

(I will not necessarily abide by the results of this poll.)

social.linux.mom
50.5%
linuxmom.com
15.3%
linuxmom.net
34.1%
Poll ended at .
Show threadilmari
@vkc Why not just linux.mom? You can have that as the instance name (as in the server part of the username) while still having the actual instance hosted on a different DNS name. For example my instance is actually on social.treehouse.systems
Jun 7, 2024 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadIntrepidExplorerJun 7, 2024
@ilmari @vkc Iā€™m adding another vote for this - linux.mom is perfect. If not that though, Iā€™d go .net
Show threadvkc // Veronica ExplainsJun 7, 2024
@ilmari Does that work? I use `linux.mom/whatever` as a snappy redirect for a few longer URLs, so I guess I assumed my Mastodon would need to be entirely separated.
Show threadSteve Dinn šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Jun 7, 2024
@vkc @ilmari I'm pretty sure that the handles on an instance, i.e. [email protected] do not have to match the URL of the web site, i.e. https://social.linuxmom.com. I'm not even sure the handle domain has to be real. I suppose it might be confusing if they *didn't* match though.
Show threadSteve Dinn šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Jun 7, 2024
@vkc @ilmari Whoops, I didn't read the original post. I think I just said the same thing.
Show threadkaribokaJun 7, 2024

@ilmari @vkc

You can configure webfinger to have your handle just linux.mom and your instance address (for your access) social.linux.mom while you can use linux.mom domain for something else;

That1s what I have done. my instance is at social.harpia.red

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