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Is there any benefit to host my own instance?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I run my own instance because I have the resources, I intend to create communities and it is much more private this way.

[–] ultimate_question 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What are the privacy advantages of self hosting lemmy? as in what kind of data are we otherwise sharing when we use someone else's instance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If I create a private community for all my family members it remains private while I selfhost. If I create it on someone else's server it ain't that private because the admin could be eavesdropping.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same! Community building is fun, although in my case slow…