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(DIR) Post #Aj9ITQ3zh2gs7RWFhA by beaufils@mastodon.social
2024-06-21T07:27:20Z
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Fed up with my original mastodon instance behaviour and want to really boost federation concept.Any advice where to migrate?Should I go for a self hosted one?Any advice on how to migrate smoothly?
(DIR) Post #Aj9ITRL2x7vQ4cVNui by myoan@framapiaf.org
2024-06-21T07:41:19Z
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@beaufils I had the idea to setup esr.social for french researchers #ESR with a Mangane instance (which is more similar to X in terms of UI). That would require a team leader setting up a small team to operate/moderate/advertise this instance, to give trust into it by avoiding a monoadmin user. There are multiple researchers and institutional accounts who could certainly join it and/or give a hand on these topics. But never had enough energy to set this up 🤓See https://framapiaf.org/@myoan/111878036600765525
(DIR) Post #Aj9ITSagIU1dxOpNvE by myoan@framapiaf.org
2024-06-21T07:42:01Z
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@beaufils (what is boost federation BTW? 🤔)
(DIR) Post #Aj9ITTTyysGGiuhY7U by beaufils@mastodon.social
2024-06-21T09:08:45Z
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@myoan Aligning my thoughts & ideas on federation with my use of mastodon.Being on a *too big* instance breaks the spirit of the whole thing IMHO.I would appreciate to benefit from experience/expertise of people who had time to study and experiment more than me.For instance, before migrating to a single hosted instance or a much larger shared one, I would like to list pro and cons of each approach as well as technical requirements (RAM, disk, admin time, etc.).
(DIR) Post #Aj9ITUKnoUVpMjPjRw by beaufils@mastodon.social
2024-06-21T09:10:00Z
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@myoan Maybe @aral or @mwl would have time to enlight us on self hosted instance.
(DIR) Post #Aj9ITV0dIxyNSSz8eO by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-21T10:06:10Z
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@beaufils @myoan @mwl Ok, so off the top of my head:Mastodon isn’t really designed for single-person instances; everything about it overkill for this use case. Is it possible, yes? Will it be using up way more resources than necessary? Yes. Will you run into scaling issues on a single-person instance? If you have a lot of followers *and* you engage with them, yes, you could end up launching a denial-of-service attack on yourself each time you reply to an active thread…
(DIR) Post #Aj9Id0hCrd08L4QxHc by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-21T10:07:57Z
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@beaufils @myoan @mwl … (See https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/)It will also take time and effort to run your own instance, even if you’re technically capable. This is why I have the way more capable @jan run my instance at https://toot.io. Very happy with it there (see https://toot.io/mastodon_hosting.html). I’m on the community plan, I believe.
(DIR) Post #Aj9SPHidm5sGcfCMgC by mwl@io.mwl.io
2024-06-21T11:57:25Z
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What @aral said.Mine is hosted by spacebear. @beaufils @myoan @jan
(DIR) Post #Aj9TWUUqlZTqEUkRQO by beaufils@mastodon.social
2024-06-21T12:10:02Z
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@aral @myoan @mwl @jan Thanks for these advises which confirm my fears.I will look for a nice instance and will fund the structure which runs it in a way or another.
(DIR) Post #Aj9Vi7tOpib9VjuHeS by sullybiker@sully.site
2024-06-21T12:35:00Z
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@aral @beaufils @myoan @mwl I can tell you masto admin even on a single user instance has some surprising overhead. Storage fills up over time. You have to just figure this all out. I do Linux for a living and I find it a bit of a pain on occasion.
(DIR) Post #Aj9WFO5lcnhBJDYHCq by beaufils@mastodon.social
2024-06-21T12:41:00Z
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@sullybiker @aral @myoan @mwl Thanks.That is what I feared.
(DIR) Post #Aj9WUfvFc8ZIx7vGQi by sullybiker@sully.site
2024-06-21T12:43:47Z
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@beaufils @aral @myoan @mwl I have not really looked at alternatives but don't be discouraged. Nothing is insurmountable. It's just time (lol)
(DIR) Post #Aj9WaCH2l9D8jkkUsa by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-06-21T12:44:49.297521Z
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@beaufils For hosting: https://btrf.ly/
(DIR) Post #Aj9ZWFdebippsP8QeO by mwl@io.mwl.io
2024-06-21T13:17:39Z
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@sullybiker @beaufils @aral @myoan I'm told gotosocial is good for single users, and I have hope for snac.
(DIR) Post #Aj9cDBymHvWMt6cRW4 by luis_in_brief@social.coop
2024-06-21T13:47:03Z
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@aral a question I've never seen a concise answer to: is the problem you're describing a Mastodon problem or an ActivityPub problem?
(DIR) Post #Aj9cOaGwJ9XdPsXuqG by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-21T13:49:15Z
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@luis_in_brief Both. They’re intertwined, although it is possible to make less resource intensive/single-person ActivityPub servers, the multi-user aspect is part of the protocol.