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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Can we all stop the in-fighting for a minute and realise how awesome the platform we are on is?

We are forming communities on the realized image of the internet that we were told we would have back in the 80s and 90s.

You can make your own home on the web and have your own niche community, not owned by any corporation, while still being connected to the wider internet.

This feels like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

We are forming communities on the realized image of the internet that we were told we would have back in the 80s and 90s.

Exactly! Back in the 80s, tech enthusiasts would run their own dial-up message boards in their homes. The Fediverse is like that, but with all the benefits of modern technology. Anyone can run their own instance if they have a decent internet connection (usually fiber). But it is more than just message boards: they can run Lemmy, Mastodon, Wordpress, and even things like Tor and NextCloud, and instantly contribute their computing resources to the larger Fediverse community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not that well read on this subject, but you can do this in your house or with a VPS? I always thought there was some conflict with residential internet and selfhosting?

[–] DesertCreosote 1 points 2 years ago

Depends a bit on your ISP, but it's possible to self-host services on most internet providers. And for those who restrict it, you can use Cloudflare Tunnels to host most things.

I suppose data caps could be an issue if you're unfortunate enough to have an ISP that enforces those, but even then it's definitely possible.

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