@fyrfli Interesting. I think I've seen some services for spinning up mastodon and pixelfed instances with fair fees. I forget the names though.

Is there something specific about gotosocial that you prefer?

I've been working on it from a different side with statically published blogs being available on the fedi via @sutty and distributed.press.

We still need an "app" for folks to easily load followed AP data into their device instead of large instance databases.

@mauve the modern conception of "self hosting" generally involves paying AWS for all the hard lifting, obscures the actual infrastructure, and hides the cost of maintenance. true self-hosting in a way that empowers us, rather than subjugating us to a megacorp, entails a degree of understanding of the technical AND the social aspects of infrastructure and maintenance.

@atax1a Honestly I hope we can get to a point where you don't need to think as much about infra to self host. Kinda the reason I've been looking at using #p2p publishing where you wouldn't need to set up dns or mess with ip addresses and be able to run everything you need right from the devices you use.