My current web host is NearlyFreeSpeech.net, which seems to be rather unique as far as hosting companies go. It’s a decidedly do-it-yourself experience1 with pay-what-you-use pricing. And while it is not true VPS hosting, you can do VPS-like things with it via daemons. As far as I know, no one has yet tried running the lightweight fediverse platform GoToSocial on it, and I am pleased to report it is entirely possible. Here’s what I did. Continue reading Running GoToSocial on NSFN
Tag: fediverse
Introducing status.nevillepark.ca!
I started my own single-user fediverse server! It’s at status.nevillepark.ca.
What does that mean? Continue reading Introducing status.nevillepark.ca!
How to Choose a Mastodon/Fediverse Server
Featured image by @nestort@mastodont.cat, via Wikimedia.
In a previous blog post, I recommended some Mastodon servers for people moving to the Fediverse. Since then, the great migration of November 2022 happened, and an awful lot of those servers turned out to be horrifically ill-equipped for the increase in users. I don’t mean in terms of technical infrastructure, but governance and moderation.
So instead, I’m going to talk about what to look for in a server, rather than recommending any particular ones. Continue reading How to Choose a Mastodon/Fediverse Server
Introducing flipping.rocks
So I’ve recommended Mastodon servers in the past, but now I’m taking the leap and starting an instance of my own: flipping.rocks. In this post, I’ll tell you a little about it. Continue reading Introducing flipping.rocks
Some Mastodon server recommendations
Note: This post is very old. I don’t recommend many of these servers any more, and many new ones have sprung up, too many to keep track of. Instead, read my new post on how to choose a Mastodon/Fediverse server.
(Expanding on this viral post and this thread.)
So an obnoxious billionaire just bought Twitter, and a lot of people are signing up (or reviving their accounts) on the “flagship” servers, mastodon.social or mastodon.online. But you have more options! Continue reading Some Mastodon server recommendations