Re:Lemmy Release v0.14.0: Federation with Mastodon and Pleroma
by andrewzah on Thursday November 18, 2021 @01:04PM
(#29268456)
There are services like that for Mastodon [0]. But a provider that lets you host from a choice of e.g. mastodon, pleroma, lemmy etc would be interesting.
[0]: https://masto.host/
Re:Lemmy Release v0.14.0: Federation with Mastodon and Pleroma
by harpersealtako on Thursday November 18, 2021 @06:31PM
(#29271977)
masto.host has a great deal of restrictive, somewhat arbitrary content moderation policies for what is basically just a server host[0].
Since that the original problem is that admins may want to override built-in censorship policies to suit their instance's needs and values, I don't think an even more censorious centralized authority is a great example of a solution.
Re:Lemmy Release v0.14.0: Federation with Mastodon and Pleroma
by andrewzah on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:21PM
(#29273426)
I have no affiliation, nor a recommendation. Just noticed that they do provide that service.
Using any hosting provider is ultimately a risk compared to hosting yourself, that's the price you pay for not having the know-how to host it yourself.
And even if you do selfhost, cloudflare may wake up one day and say "nah".
Re:Lemmy Release v0.14.0: Federation with Mastodon and Pleroma
by coldacid on Thursday November 18, 2021 @03:59PM
(#29270445)
Masto.host is run by one of those people who put inflexible ideology ahead of the wants and needs of their users. That is ever a concern when having a third party set up and manage everything for you.
Re:Lemmy Release v0.14.0: Federation with Mastodon and Pleroma
by tedunangst on Thursday November 18, 2021 @02:11PM
(#29269209)
Does that one click also edit the source code?
Federated software vendor: we do the dirty work so you can start a new instance with one click.