Mastodawn

I self-host a lot of stuff. Nearly everything that I use. FOSS and self-hosting is a massive part of my computing experience.

I love reading about people enjoying / exploring self-hosting stuff.

I struggle when people advocate "just self-host it", without giving due consideration to the costs, risks, security considerations, and so on.

I know that I've posted this a few times now, but this discussion seems to pop up quite a lot. So:

https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/07/self-host-it-is-not-the-answer/

#SelfHosting #FOSS #blog

'Self-host it' is not the answer

I'm going out on a limb a bit here.

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𒀭Wiiお姉さん 💜 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 26

@neil Maybe it's not that deep, but here's a though: "self-hosting" is a concept rooted in capitalist thinking.

Let's get over the idea that corpo platforms are the only form of collective hosting and every man for himself is the one and only alternative.

Host stuff for your family, your friends, maybe even your neighbourhood. Don't "self"-host, community-host. Build systems together and help one another.

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Dave bauer

@darkwiiplayer @neil Community-hosting is something I really want to explore.