Fedi.TipsMar 16

If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message! 🙂

I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.

There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.

If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips

#FediTips

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Show threadTedelMar 17
@FediTips Mind a question? How much money do someone need to maintain a fediverse server? Let's say only Mastodon and Diaspora, as the latter is having fewer servers. Would a VPS work? or do you need a full machine?
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@tedel

It's about 5 to 10 euros or US dollars per month for the smallest server through managed hosting, where they do all the techy stuff for you. For example https://fedihost.co/pricing and https://masto.host/pricing have price lists.

If you're using a VPS or a home server you could possibly do it more cheaply but you would need to do a lot more work.

I don't know about Diaspora, especially as its development seems to be minimal nowadays 😞 (Diaspora hasn't had a new release since 2024)

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Show threadTedelMar 17
@FediTips Oh, it's not expensive. Let me ask a couple of friends if they want to start one with me (thinking about moderation, rather than on money).
Show threadFedi.TipsMar 18

@tedel

Yeah, it's cheaper than people realise. Moderation is the biggest task, definitely.

In case this is useful, I've done a beginner's guide to starting a Mastodon server at https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps

How to create your own Mastodon server in 10 steps – Grow Your Own Services