POLL: Fedi people, do you have a website or blog or personal wiki or some other kind of online Thing That You Control Yourself that other people can find you on that isn't paid for / maintained by someone else, meaning YOUR THING is at a web address like you.whatever, not at you.someonelse.whatever or someoneelse.whatever/you, I mean are you paying the tenner a year or however much for a whole-ass domain name all for yourself (or for you and a small group of IRL friends), and if not do you want to be, THE POLL, and here is the guidance and elaboration on options:

1) No and I don't want my own site, Fedi and/or other social media scratches that itch for me just fine and I'm content with this arrangement

2) No, but I have a Vague Yearning or a Curious Itch and I wonder sometimes what it would be like, but so far it's just feelings and not plans, I haven't taken any concrete steps towards making My Own Website a real thing that exists, but I'm comfortable saying that I would probably *like* it to exist some day when I'm ready

3) No, but more of a Not Yet than a no; maybe I've bought a domain name and not put anything on it yet, or I haven't yet bought a domain name but I'm researching my options (whether I do it in a lazy few minutes here and there or in focused making-notes sort of study, both count for the purposes of this question), I've spent some time thinking about this With Intent, and I feel less "*wouldn't* this be nice" and more "*won't* this be nice" about this endeavour

4) Yes I own at least one domain name, come on Dan this is Fedi, and at least one of my domains even have websites or services associated with them

BOOST THIS TOOT to get an INCREDIBLY INACCURATE IMPRESSION of how many people have and/or want websites and a more accurate picture of how many people On Fedi have and/or want websites

1) No and I'm OK with that
7%
2) No and I am not OK with that
7.7%
3) No and I am taking steps towards Yes
10.2%
4) Yes
75%
Poll ended at .
(reminder, Linux users make up 20% of Fedi and 2% of the real world, never forget how poorly we represent humanity in general)
Muting this thread now 'cause the results are already starkly conclusive
@ifixcoinops I would argue we represent the best of humanity, IMHO 😉
@requiem every 2% thinks that ;)

@ifixcoinops my 1%'r friends don't, but they are the original 1%'rs, not the billionaire kind...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_One_Percenter

Operation One Percenter - Wikipedia

@requiem The pubs I've drank in with 1%'ers were WAY more fun than the more modern sorts
@ifixcoinops now I want a reality show called "1% vs 1%"...
@requiem I'd watch that. Hell I'd buy a ticket for the taping
@ifixcoinops one season would probably do it.

@requiem @ifixcoinops

Depends, this sounds like the "astronaut vs. caveperson" -argument. It all depends on what you can bring with.

@iju @requiem @ifixcoinops aaand that’s the concept for Season Two: changing what comes with our contestants.
@ifixcoinops By logic you can both be right ;)

@ifixcoinops

That's kinda why I'm here. People *tend to* behave better. It doesn't necessarily make us better, but it damn well makes it more pleasant to hang out.

@ifixcoinops I remember reading just recently (Steven J Vaughn-Nicholls?) that Linux users have ticked up substantially. I think it was approaching 5% in general. More like 18% in parts of India (!).

Now you could, without lying, throw in all the Android and Chrome users. And even Macs are simply a pretty face on BSD, so....

Funny how once you put a fence around the open source software and stick your own flag on it, you can pretend it's not the same at all. Tragedy of the commons.

@ifixcoinops now at 4% Linux Desktop, according to at least one source. However much larger percentage when looking at server usage.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/

Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats

This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems worldwide based on over 5 billion monthly page views.

StatCounter Global Stats
@jeffmcneill I tend to mask most parts of the request header in curl requests on my servers pretending to be a random non-linux desktop environment, which may imply an even higher percentage for linux.
@ifixcoinops isnt it more like. 60% of fedi
@[email protected] @ifixcoinops it depends on what subgroup of fedi one is exposed to ig :3
@ifixcoinops That fedi number seems low. I imagine most accesses of fedi (like the web in general) is done from mobile devices, and the percentage of Linux users using Linux phones is still very small. Is there a breakdown by desktop devices?
@ifixcoinops Insert that xkcd meme that’s been going around this week, with “some people only own 2 or 3 domains” “and a dot io version of at least one of them”
@ifixcoinops Where does "I have a domain name and a thing hosted at that domain; technically the actual site is hosted by someone else but I control the content on it and point my domain at their servers" fall
@chamomile That is Thoroughly Yes
@ifixcoinops juuuust checking 
@chamomile and I appreciate it, now anyone else reading this with the same question knows what box to tick :)

@ifixcoinops @chamomile I appreciate it too. Had the same question, so glad to have found the answer here.

I have had at least one domain name that I pay for since the late 90s.

@chamomile @ifixcoinops Well, I have domains and hosting packages with these. And the hosting packages are paid for space on the servers from the hosting company.
@ifixcoinops I have been meaning to put something on there for decades and it’s honestly getting embarrassing
@ifixcoinops
I had one to blog about the baby. Then I found my wife blogging on the side. The divorce sapped all my resources and interest, and then child-rearing solo did. Just haven't gotten back to it, yet. I'm not sure I'm remotely interesting any more... like, who wants to read about the challenges of saggy butt with a 26" inseam?
@ifixcoinops I have my domain, which i use for email, my own VPN and I used to have a few web-accesible things, but I can't get myself to write something even once a year.

@ifixcoinops

*stands on desk*

"I AM JOHN MASTODON"

@dusk @ifixcoinops I'm John Mastodon and so is my wife.
I have many active domains that I run random stuff on and there is a very large pile of domains that I have run #fediverse instances on which no longer exist.
@ifixcoinops So. Many. Domains.
@jessamyn I’m down to 5. They all work, but I only add content to 2 of em anymore. I kinda lost my grip after basic CSS formatting.
@jessamyn @Devils_Rancher 12 domains not including sub domains but only half are actively available via a browser.
@rickscully @Devils_Rancher My big project over the past year has been making sure I only am the domain registrar for domains that are mine (i.e. that I am not the person who "owns" the VLA domain or the RHS domain). Going good so far!
@ifixcoinops I have praxismapper.org and I guess it counts even if I forget to renew my SSL certs for half the year.
@ifixcoinops Yes, since 1995. I can’t stop now!

@ifixcoinops

i think fedi is also a lot more non religious and has gone through more formal education than the typical population too.

we are a bunch of weirdos

@ifixcoinops come on Dan, this is Fedi
@ifixcoinops Yes, and I'm blessed to be old enough to have grown up when TLDs were up for grabs, a bit like Boomers and buying homes, so I've had my domain name www.purecaffeine.com for 24 years.
@ifixcoinops I have a Neocities site, and I keep meaning to get my own domain
@ifixcoinops I’m down to one domain, I think. I can’t really remember a time when I didn’t have a domain. It’s been at least twenty-five years.

@ifixcoinops I have a domain that connects directly to a hosted webspace where I cloud easily put a blog, a website or whatever.

Right now I'm not interested in doing so but in a pinch I'd be up and running in less than 2 hours.

@ifixcoinops Self plug time! 😊

httos://richarddegenne.fr

@ifixcoinops 5) come on Dan this is Fedi, the real question is "do you already have a personal Autonomous System Number or not yet"
@grawity @ifixcoinops someone help me with how to get an ASN in India 😭
@xrisk have you looked if anyone on lowendbox forums does APNIC sponsoring or similar?
@grawity will check thank you!
@ifixcoinops worth mentioning: it's very easy to run a personal blog or site that actually integrates with the fediverse (e.g. Wordpress with the officially supported activitypub plugin).

@ifixcoinops

i own 20 domains but only 7 or 8 are active

@ifixcoinops It's pretty recent but last 5 months I put yunohost on my old pc, got yunohost free domain offer and now I have few personal services for me and my family while having owncast as my personal website where I streaming games.
Knowing how some projects are lightweight and some are more demanding... I tempted to do hey why not ActivityPub x for community... But then I catch myself more on how less processing power I will be left when I use it as my personal media server...
Still having little experience with Freebsd server setup... If you ever want 0 knowledge and spare pc/laptop then would recommend yunohost, when everything is done it just an appstore experience which many of us familiar.
@ifixcoinops 80% yes wtf. I guess the gang who have their own websites where they post about how cool it is to have your own website really found their poll
@ifixcoinops Several times now I've rediscovered IndieWeb, which basically makes this a philosophy of Internetizenship. Def my people, both there and here in the Fedi.

@ifixcoinops
I will never let go of my foo.ca domain. I do regret letting go of a couple short .CA domains I got in the initial lottery.

Though, I don't host anything at the main domain. I should correct that from my default nginx page to something more appropriate.

@ifixcoinops well, technically speaking it's my friend who hosts my vlog on his personal servrr that sorts the domain name for me too, but I could say it's mine

www.orynski.eu