@janettespeyer You own and control every stitch of data you put on it. Plus you can pick your own domain and username. If you use something like masto host it's super easy.
@janettespeyer Stability, mostly. I'm guaranteed a persistent post history all under one account, and am less susceptible to instance admins burning out or defederating from instances over petty drama.
@janettespeyer The main benefits we've seen are two-fold: self-reliance, and control.
Broadly speaking, relying on other people to administrate a server can be a bit of a compromise. You might have a great admin team, with dedicated moderators, tremendous uptime, and clear community policies. Or, you might not have any of those things.
The main critique of joining a community instance vs self-hosting can be summed up as the following question: how comfortable are you in having someone else make decisions on your behalf?
@hello and there lies the question. I personally have been using Twitter-X for over 16 years but I am more concerned about my clients and their liabilities. Right now I am ok where I am but if I want to get my clients onto Mastodon I must make sure they are reasonably protected. I did notice that POTUS does not have a dedicated server. Weird. Thanks everyone here for your insights #fediverse
@m3t00@janettespeyer Yeah, customization is a big positive. A lot of people have created themes as well as custom frontends for Mastodon, and a variety of other Fediverse platforms.
It's definitely doable, a big chunk of EU political bureaus and offices are on government-hosted Mastodon instances. The biggest challenge is probably going to be finding a quality vendor that understands compliance, competent moderators to run the service, and onboarding resources and training for social media teams.
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