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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by seydor on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:39PM (#33510146)
should be wordpress-level easy at least. But last i checked it wasnt easy.

Otherwise , mastodon hosters will become sneaky corporate spies, ad injectors and data resellers

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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by xtracto on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:48PM (#33510301)
Just today I paid for a domain name in name.com. As part of the package, they sold me a hosted & managed WordPress installation for $60 USD a year. I was positively impressed (last time I setup a WP server I paid $5 a month for DigitalOcean, which makes it $60 for something I have to manage).

Companies like name.com, godaddy and whatnot should offer that kind of option. Or even AWS should have a "managed mastodon" server maybe. At the end of the day, most companies nowadays have their infrastructure in one of the 4-6 main cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCS, Oracle, ...).

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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by anderspitman on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:03PM (#33510589)
Now if only there was a popular registrar with a streamlined interface that wasn't constantly trying to up sell you.

Personally I would prefer to see registrars limit themselves to providing domain names. But for that to work seamlessly they all need to support an open DNS protocol that makes it easy for users to delegate subdomains to 3rd-party apps and services. Something like DomainConnect[0] but with better support for selfhosting[1].

[0]: https://www.domainconnect.org/

[1]: https://github.com/Domain-Connect/spec/issues/64

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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by rakoo on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:08PM (#33510702)
Install yunohost. Clicks in a UI.

Install pleroma. Or mastodon. Or pixelfed (for images). Or peertube (for videos). Or plume (for blogging). Clicks in a UI.

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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by Saris on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:16PM (#33510836)
That's still way too complex for something that wants to be widely used. It should just be an app on your phone or PC.
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by seydor on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:51PM (#33511369)
or at least that server hosts can support easily like they do with wordpress
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by anderspitman on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:08PM (#33512482)
That's an interesting point actually. Are there any yunohost providers out there?
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by rakoo on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:55AM (#33516913)
The comparison was WordPress. No one installs WordPress on their phone or PC.
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by anderspitman on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:14PM (#33510792)
But what about step 0: have a working Linux installation with root privileges, and understand all the security implications of operating said installation.
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by rakoo on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:55AM (#33516911)
The comparison started with wordpress. The vast majority of installs don't bother with that. Just take a VPS.
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by rakoo on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:07AM (#33517679)
To note: WordPress has an ActivityPub plugin, allowing you to have your blog and interact with the wider community.
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Re:Your Organization should run its own Mastodon server by wizzwizz4 on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:25PM (#33576674)
Friendica (https://friendi.ca/) is Wordpress-level easy; it's got a similar stack.
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