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I'm not an expert with this stuff, I just do whatever works. This works, so I do it and when people ask me or just in general how to do it this is what I tell them. Most of the guides I've come across, including one from DigitalOcean, recommends doing this.
Ah - that's the root-squashing I was mentioning. Root is translated to "nobody" on the server. If you're not using the root user or if you've set "no_root_squash" then you don't need/want to do that.