After debating for a long time, if I should run my instance, I've caved in.

#GoToSocial looks great (despite not being written in #rust, hehe).

I don't use many of the Instance posting of the fediverse, nor try to discover content from people i don't follow, so I think the limitations on discovery will be fine.

This single-user instance is also supposed to help me understand how much burden it is to use ActivityPub in real life, such as networking load and data distribution (synchronous mailbox seems expensive).


This instance is running on my homelab. No fault tolerance, but a few metrics are available. I can just closed it down whenever if it gives me too much trouble.

I'll keep @bltavares up for the social discovery aspects of a larger instance and if all of this is just deleted as well.

Alas, let's see if running my own internet space makes me post more, and lurke less 😅🙂

@bltavares
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Welcome to being an #GoToSocialAdmin!

I boosted your post and may have caused your instance to failover for a little bit. I apologize for that.

I see that your instance is flapping at this point. Out of curiosity, how are is your instance?

My boosts aren't like a boost from @lisamelton . She wields mighty power in her hands.

@mookie thanks for boosting it 😀

I've checked today and GTS was using all the (little) memory I've given hehe

I've double it's resources limits, let's see how it fares for today
@bltavares have fun! I started at home but moved to a VPS. 😋
@kai cool! Was it due to any issues or security concern?
@bltavares My concerns were bandwidth, latency, and availability, all solved with a (relatively cheap) VPS.