Such as the instances that beehaw filters out? I want my feed filled up with all sorts of diversity.

  •  poVoq   ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 
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    51 year ago

    “still”?

    There is a certain risk that a server that federates with really questionable instances might get blocked by Beehaw and other well moderated instances as well.

          • The fact that you’re asking these questions and treading a fine line that could be truth or trolling that I’m having a hard time figuring out signals to be that you might not be a good fit for our community.

            Please be on your best behavior around here. If that’s something you can’t commit to, then this isn’t a good fit

          • It’s problematic. Plenty of instances host illegal content, and you don’t want that liability as an instance admin. Other instances do things that abuse the network, like post unmitigated spam.

      • It’s inherent to the architecture of the system; you can spin your own instance and not have to worry. People can still block you however.

        It’s different than traditional social media, and for people looking for something identical to that but open are going to be hard pressed to have something usable.

        The technical aspect of spinning your own server will be prohibitive to a lot of people unfortunately, but there is some documnetation online for that

          • No, it’s rather unlikely. Especially if you use some DNS service that blocks some ICANN WHOIS lookups (usually gives out information that you enter when registering the domain name), you’ll be fine.

            Domains can be cheap, but will need to be renewed. A VPS for hosting can be cheap or expensive, but running it on an older computer would be a good bet.

            The benefit of a VPS is that you don’t need to worry about using your own IP address.