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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I remember when I could install Friendika (yes, that long ago) on a low spec web host. Probably 15 years ago, and it didn't last.

Like you say, it ought to be the easily self hosted alternative to Facebook. The one you could suggest to your non-techie relative as a Fediverse gateway. Yet after a couple decades of development, it's still esoteric and awkward.