The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech...
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@gadgetgav there will always be someone upstream of you, whether it’s a hosting provider, ISP, etc. it’s up to the individual to decide how many upstream intermediaries they’re comfortable with. personally, i’m comfortable with having hosting providers upstream of my work so long as i have robust backups and can easily migrate any time.
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Social media belong in the public and open source domain, regulated and out of the hans of big tech moguls.
Period.
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@molly0xfff Tiktok was also controlling the online space. They got caught suppressing LGBTQ content, or any content they didn't like as well as boosting any message that fits their own agenda. It wasn't an open or fair algorithm.
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@Sibshops nowhere in this post am I arguing that people should look to TikTok (or Twitter or Facebook) for digital sovereignty
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As an ISP, let me chime in: No, not necessarily. Just avoid any form of vendor-lock in (eg: onepage, wix, ...). Given your question, I assume, you are not overly tech-savvy.
you are also fine running a cheap virtual host or virtual server. It's also OK, if you use the hosting-companies SQL-Server for your CMS (I suggest you do, so no hassle for you with patching, upgrades and security stuff). Important is, that you have means to 'dump' the stuff and move it somewhere else.
Point is: use your own (domain-) name, so u can move your emails and or content somewhere else, with a limited amount of hassle.
So: No vendor-specific stuff. They will prey on u, as they can guesstimate what a move will cost you, and calculate from there how to extract the maximum amount of money from you.
Hosting with a hosting-company is perfectly fine, as long as you don't use their special-sauce, which will run exactly only on their servers.
And if you are using CMSs - by the love of god, limit the amount of plugins. The ideal amount is 0, for that matter, and before you ask. -
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@molly0xfff Exactly..
I feel people are moving from one mouse trap to the next currently
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@czauner @molly0xfff I’m not particularly tech-savvy, at least not to the point where I’d know how to host a physical server at home. I just fear that giving my business to GoDaddy is no better than giving it to Zuck or Musk…
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@gadgetgav IMO having a hosting provider upstream of you is a considerably step up from having a social platform upstream of you
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Molly White last edited by [email protected]
If only there were a non-corporate public social media alternative!?
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@molly0xfff I can offer... Not consulting per se, but said in helping set up self hosted services. Email, matrix, and gitea in particular.
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