@Lily_and_Frog That is a good point. And in part why I run my own instance. As long as I have people I can follow and interact with, I don't care about other instances, who their admin is, or their latest "drama".
I’ve decided that since “Xinsto, LLC” is gone, it’s time to start moving towards changing the name of this server. I registered nodespace.social so I think that’s the next logical move. But since you can’t change domains (this is a flaw in the ActivityPub protocol), or even redirect them, a new server is in store. @travis. I kinda like it.
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New company name NodeSpace, LLC? NodeSpace Hosting, LLC? NodeSpace Technologies, LLC?
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I want to grow our forums but I think non-established forums are dead (that and we really haven’t been pushing it). We have a (/n offline) Matrix server we want to push and get rid of Discord.
Can I build this business on more open source? I hope. I’m going to try.
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Do anyone have a recommendation where to set up a #docker container for as cheap as possible? 🐋📦
The web app I'm playing around with is very small and it can probably get away with some heavy performance restrictions.
It's just a hobby thing, so the main thing is that it needs to cost as little as possible (or free) :blobcatthinking:
A lovely start to a Friday evening here and what am I doing? Oh, I'm just migrating all mailboxes and domains from my mail server to another. #mailserver#mail#email#hosting
Is there any fully managed #Mastodon#hosting company that will let you do a few little tweaks to the source code? (Increase max post length, increase max poll options).
Both toot.io and masto.host refuse to do this 🥲
For my other account https://tardis.team/shauny - I don't want the hassle of hosting it myself but I want those little tweaks to make it more useful.
Between this and the ongoing changes on Twitter, and upcoming changes on Reddit, I hope it's becoming ever more clear that we can't rely on profit-driven corporations when it comes to maintaining our public commons.
"Imgur, an image-hosting site that has been one of the web's go-to spots for linking hi-res images since 2010 [...] intends to remove "explicit images" and "old, unused, and inactive content" as of May 15."
And as the fediverse continues to take off, it would be really worth looking into moving to a smaller instance, maybe even starting your own* with a few friends or family.
The lesson here really should be not letting power concentrate in the hands of a few people.
Popular image host imgur has announced that it will ban explicit content from its service beginning on May 15.
Perhaps more importantly, the company also announced it will begin purging old and unused photos that are not tied to a registered account. This will result in an enormous amount of link rot, especially on early Reddit where imgur was the image host of choice.
Paraphrased, but an accurate exchange between a VM #hosting provider and myself:
jtk: Can I get an IPv6 address assignment for my VMs?
provider: That will be $2 (USD) / month per IPv6 address.
jtk: wtf?! seriously?
provider: No wtf, seriously.
jtk: Never mind, goodbye.
I've worked with dozens of providers and if they have #IPv6 transport they always include at least one address in the base price except the one occasion depicted above. Price gouging like that deserves only ridicule and derision.
Free as in #freedom AND #free as in beer. (donations are welcome)
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