They'll be devastated when they find out my closed instance with 2 users, 1 of which is inactive, also pre-emptively de-federated them. I shudder to think they'll ever recover.

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there an advantage to hosting your own instance?

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 2 points 1 year ago

I already owned the domain and have access to a server with more than enough resources, so it didn't have a downside to me.

Upside, I don't really have to worry about anyone else's federation choices. Undesirable content like loli/shouta stuff doesn't appear at all, because I'm basically the only user and don't subscribe to anywhere that exists so it doesn't federate to me anyway. My instance never lags because nobody but me uses it. Sometimes it misses comments through federation from overloaded instances, but it seems like the newer version of Lemmy has helped that greatly.

[–] Thassar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Not really, it's like hosting your own email server. Sounds great in theory and is a fun project but at the end of the day all you get is a vanity URL and a headache.

[–] croobat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey bud, be the change you want to see in the world!

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 4 points 1 year ago

I do try to be