Slowly exploring the lemmy ecosystem, since I don’t want to use reddit, and was wondering if selfhosting would be a good idea?

  • zephyr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago
    • More private, if you’re overly conscious about your IP being tracker by instance host
    • You own your data
    • You can experiment with alpha releases
    • You can customize everything. Default CSS, javascript, etc
    • You can’t be censored (only defederated)
    • JetpackJacksonEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Not the OP, but can you move your account to a private instance or is it not possible at the moment?

      • Spzi@lemmy.clickEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Not yet, that’s (open) issue #1985: Moving user profile to a new instance.

        The devs also explicitly mentioned this request in their statement:

        we are seeing lots of requests to implement major new features, such as migration between instances, or combining similar communities. As described above, we are completely overloaded with work, and definitely won’t have time to implement these in the near future. If there is a feature you want to see implemented, you will likely need to work on it yourself, or find someone who can.

        For now, you can create another account on another instance and use that instead (or both), or just peek how the experience might be.

        • JetpackJacksonEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Ah ok, I might try making a second account at some point, not yet though.

    • gun/linux@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You can customize everything. Default CSS, javascript, etc

      I use a browser extension to modify CSS client side

      You can’t be censored (only defederated)

      The law can censor you (although you could put a Lemmy instance on i2p)

      Everything else you said is right

      • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If the instance your account is on decides to shutdown, you lose everything, your account and all your contributions, on your own instance you don’t.