Post Avd4Z9oSNNEyo02TFw by NatureMC@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AvZRE0GuAvz5RjO6EK by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-06-25T08:05:03Z
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Warning: this is in fact a sub-toot.A viral article about « getting off US tech » that mentions email, office suites, music and video streaming services, search and maps… but NOT the publishing platform where the article was posted. Spoiler alert: it was Substack - the ensh*tt*f*ed Nazi bar supported by A16Z that platforms and profits from far right content.Substack alternatives: Ghost, Wordpress, BeeHiiv, Buttondown. I use Ghost & Wordpress and LOVE themRelated: https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/
(DIR) Post #AvZRE1IMN0k4cX4m8W by kobold@social.troll.academy
2025-06-25T08:23:53Z
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@_elena Can't we just start hosting our own webservers again?
(DIR) Post #AvZRE2Ab7M7xKkS5g0 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-27T23:12:15Z
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@kobold > Can't we just start hosting our own webservers again?Maybe if we made the FreedomBox vision happen, which requires;* every household/ office to have a net gateway capable of hosting services* installing services to be as easy as installing apps on a mobile device, * ISPs to give every customer a static IPv6 addressI've been installing GNU/Linux for about 20 years, and I'm still finding hosting skills fiendishly difficult to learn. Good luck getting normies to do it.@_elena
(DIR) Post #AvZjiHCbafV7omxfsW by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-25T14:25:30Z
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@_elena We have a #EuropeanAlternative to #Substack and #Ghost: It's the Germany based #Steady https://steady.page/en/I use it.
(DIR) Post #AvZjiIF7in6r2t9CRU by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-28T02:39:23Z
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@NatureMC > the Germany based SteadyDo they offer a credible exit? Do they publish source code for their software under a free license? Do they enable publishing to the web, email, and the fediverse? If not, then they might be a replacement for SubStack, but not for Ghost.@_elena
(DIR) Post #Ava3R6zwH5uSKY862C by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-06-28T06:20:27Z
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@strypey I’m a normie that self-hosts GoToSocial, Friendica, Pixelfed, PeerTube and NextCloud thanks to @yunohost 🙋🏻♀️@kobold
(DIR) Post #Ava6RMENwFUTRAhBB2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-28T06:54:08Z
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@_elena > I’m a normie that self-hosts ... thanks to YunohostGood for you. I'm a GNU/Linux using ubergeek who's never self-hosted anything.I'm all for people doing it if they have the resources, and the spoons. But most people don't even admin their own devices, or know how to install an OS on them. So I can't see self-hosting becoming common any time soon, more's the pity.To get most people into community-hosted services is much more realistic in the medium term.@yunohost @kobold
(DIR) Post #Ava6u9GvCP8RdwbuS0 by kobold@social.troll.academy
2025-06-28T06:59:20Z
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@strypey @_elena @yunohost Nobody said self-histing was supposed to become common, same us publishing to whatever corporate service there is ain't common. But if you want to publish something, just hosting a simple text file is easy. As you might remember, back in the 90s, we all used to have a dedicated folder in our /home/$USERNAME/public_html to publish files from through an http server.
(DIR) Post #Ava7foNUBbCAk1PNRI by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-28T07:07:59Z
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@kobold > back in the 90s, we all used toNo, we didn't. You did. People you know did. Most people didn't. This is exactly the kind of overgeneralising that leads unrealistic ideas about what's likely to work, or even viable, when it comes to replacing corporate services.@_elena @yunohost
(DIR) Post #Ava8YJScpw36mSnh4a by zleap@qoto.org
2025-06-28T07:17:47Z
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@strypey @_elena @yunohost @kobold I fully agree here, we need to make it easier for people who do not have the skills in this area, I can install an OS, and attach to network, what scares me is compromising network security by opening the right ports, (or port forwarding from another port).So some of the barriers are not technical, just not sure on the right word for the above.
(DIR) Post #AvaKOlM1TPShqRvOlM by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-28T09:30:24Z
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@strypey Read more closely, please: I talked about #EuropeanAlternatives. Ghost is placed in Asia.I'm a zero in IT, for your technical questions pls read their website. My newsletter is published in the web, you get it per email, and they have a plug-in for Wordpress (even with paywall), from there I could implement it here, even with podcasts (I don't use that).It is especially for people who want a very easy to-go solution without any subscribing costs (they take money if income).@_elena
(DIR) Post #AvbYeabOoGVVeEWABE by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-28T23:45:01Z
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@kobold> Nobody said self-hosting was supposed to be commonUmmm ... you did, in the post I was replying to : )> Can't we just start hosting our own webservers again?https://social.troll.academy/@kobold/114743039331249697But we all seem to agree that the way to go for most people, at least in the short-to-medium term, is community-hosting. People having accounts being hosted by a service run by someone they know or can very to know, not a DataFarm run by an inherently sociopathic corporation.@_elena
(DIR) Post #Avba91Z5EAulueVjjU by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-29T00:01:44Z
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(1/2)@NatureMC > I talked about European AlternativesSteady may be based in Europe, but if it doesn't tick the boxes I mentioned, it's just another enshittification waiting to happen.> I'm a zero in IT, for your technical questions pls read their websiteWhether they offer a credible exit is not a technical question. I'm just asking whether you can move another service without having to leave your audience or your data behind. Which is partly why I asked what they publish to.@_elena
(DIR) Post #AvbaE1UWvbT98IlTfs by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-29T00:02:39Z
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(2/2)@NatureMC> they have a plug-in for Wordpress (even with paywall), from there I could implement it here, even with podcastsCan you expand on that?
(DIR) Post #AvcNNEAM4LRqnpLYMy by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-29T09:13:12Z
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@strypey Yes, all data belong to you, you can save and export them. @_elena
(DIR) Post #AvcNTIo3jGcWvqoZSS by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-29T09:14:23Z
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@strypey You can find everything in their help section and descriptions. I didn't install it yet.
(DIR) Post #AvcW1kuwWDbJb0ySBc by kobold@social.troll.academy
2025-06-29T10:50:06Z
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@strypey @_elena We need to work on our common language :blobfistbumpB:
(DIR) Post #AvckJDWgntE2bcqlm4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-29T13:30:17Z
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@kobold Sorry about the strident tone. In your enthusiasm to join the conversation, you seemed to have ignored the point I was making. So I felt like I needed to hammer it home.But who knows? Maybe one day we'll figure out how to make self-hosting so easy every household/ community space/ workplace does at least some of their own. Which is why I mentioned FreedomBox, that was the vision laid out for that project;https://freedombox.org/about/@_elena
(DIR) Post #Avcki0RsYxdVHnQ8AK by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-29T13:34:50Z
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@NatureMC> Yes, all data belong to you, you can save and export themMost corporate services offer that now, because of GDPR, in fact Goggle have an entire engineering team working on it (called the "Data Liberation Front"). The question is, is there any way to import it into another service and make use of it? Without that, an export system is a data dump, not really a credible exit. That's one reason I asked what Steady publish to.@_elena
(DIR) Post #AvclYF9R90RPwYhdbc by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-29T13:44:15Z
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@NatureMC > You can find everything in their help section and descriptionsIf you're going to promote a service, you need to know these basic facts about it. After a bit of digging, it doesn't seem like Steady publish source code. Nor do they seem to publish to the fediverse (using ActivityPub). So although it might be a replacement for SubStack, it's not a complete replacement for Ghost. So when they inevitably enshittify, your best option will be to move to a Ghost-based service : )
(DIR) Post #Avd4RxydyyNs4RNJDM by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-29T17:15:54Z
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@strypey Please ask Steady, not me. Read their website. My post was just an information /service, you don't have to like it and can use what you want. @_elena
(DIR) Post #Avd4Z9oSNNEyo02TFw by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2025-06-29T17:17:15Z
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@strypey Wow, you tell me what I have to know! Toodles!
(DIR) Post #AviXIiMc1G9hGYgKhs by WhoDisturbsMySlumber@mastodon.social
2025-06-25T15:06:29Z
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@_elena doesn't ghost coast money
(DIR) Post #AviXIjjguwD7WQUHJo by clacke@libranet.de
2025-07-02T08:20:29Z
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@WhoDisturbsMySlumber @_elena Sadly, often, paying is what it takes not to be the product.
(DIR) Post #AviYpbcIE3H3qoGQPg by nyanide@lab.nyanide.com
2025-07-02T08:50:06.923819Z
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@_elena >A viral article about « getting off US tech »There is a server rack in my basement! :lainhappy: But I live in Chicago. Money money bling bling kush kush
(DIR) Post #AviZNHwhrqFwglsD7Q by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T08:56:13.172360Z
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@nyanide @_elena I'm originally from the 630.
(DIR) Post #AvialES8bdCcl9YXp2 by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T09:11:44.684136Z
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@nyanide @_elena It was 312 when I was born there.
(DIR) Post #AviatEI163oyZOdSuO by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T09:13:11.362040Z
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@nyanide @_elena Chicagoland used to be a very nice place! Lol no.
(DIR) Post #Avib2YGwAgOZ9QZlTM by nyanide@lab.nyanide.com
2025-07-02T09:14:51.829205Z
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@UnityOstara @_elena We've known the face of gangsters and whatever for the past 40 years or so, it's a hellhole but one that I'm familiar with so I don't intend to move any time soon :awesome:
(DIR) Post #AvibDrPLMkdpgUtsOm by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T09:16:55.347702Z
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@nyanide @_elena Have fun with that. Lol at only 40 years. ! #PDXSOX
(DIR) Post #AvibXz4Eb7IPEQcdlI by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T09:20:33.751800Z
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@nyanide @_elena That poast hurt my soul. I have been an White Sox fan since a kid in 1981
(DIR) Post #Avibn85nKBTtZBZe3k by UnityOstara@poa.st
2025-07-02T09:23:17.508726Z
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@nyanide @_elena My grandfather took me to Chicago Northwestern Station and let me choose a hat. I chose SOX. Broke his Cub heart.
(DIR) Post #AvinjQwwTFmaLJRB8i by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-07-02T08:47:01Z
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@clacke @WhoDisturbsMySlumber absolutely.For transparency: I used to pay 31€/month for a creator plan and now I'm self-hosting my Ghost blog on a VPS that costs 5€/month. I pay an additional 15€/month for newsletter sending (but that's optional)Starter plans on Ghost cost as little as 9 dollars/month (as far as I remember) and offer incredible value for the money
(DIR) Post #AvqKdtCDCD7snsGNBw by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-06-28T07:35:47Z
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@zleap I’m sorry if I missed something in the discussion but I never argued that everybody should self-host. And self-hosting isn’t a requirement for the indie web or the Fediverse.There are instances run by admins… or paid services that allow people to have more sovereignty while the backend is handled by technical people (I’m thinking of masto.host and magicpages.co). There are plenty of options that do not require a Pi or VPS and installing software @strypey @yunohost @kobold
(DIR) Post #AvqKdwkLzjDdodGBKC by Uraael@kitty.social
2025-07-04T07:21:40.270Z
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@WhoDisturbsMySlumber@mastodon.social @_elena@mastodon.social One author I follow has moved off Ghost because of this....and went to Substack where she doesn't have the same problem (meaning I now can't support her work unless she posts here). When you're counting every penny these things matter, sad fact of life.
(DIR) Post #AvqKdxfmYD9kgk82q0 by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-07-04T07:27:53Z
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@Uraael @WhoDisturbsMySlumber what's surprising is that Substack costs even MORE money than Ghost or Beehiiv down the line. Molly White wrote about this (and I mentioned her calculations in my article). Source: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/114319870485786053
(DIR) Post #AvqKeE33fRHXTZ8rL6 by maltita@neopaquita.es
2025-07-04T05:27:03Z
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@_elena thanks for calling this out because I'm desperate about people straight up ignoring that Substack is a Nazi platform
(DIR) Post #AvqKeEdZTgUNIoE1Fg by _elena@mastodon.social
2025-07-04T06:27:03Z
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@maltita I saw something incredibly disturbing hosted on Substack a couple of months ago and took screenshots - I may write about this at some point. Racism there is out in the open and the disgusting, bigoted things people feel free to say there (with their real names) is revolting
(DIR) Post #AvqKeFK6vWW5Qk7zYe by maltita@neopaquita.es
2025-07-04T08:56:22Z
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@_elena yeah there are people there using swastikas as avatars and talking about "the jewish question" and Richard Spencer is there, I truly don't understand what it gets for someone to move out.BTW, if you like, I'd suggest you to add Outpost https://outpost.pub/ to the list of alternatives. Is based on Ghost, they are a cooperative and openly anti hate speech 🙌