I think that universities are perfect for hosting instances (of Mastodon too). It would be a great teaching opportunity, and the cost seems like it would be negligible.
When I was a kid, our internet connection was actually hosted through the local university. It makes sense for them to participate in distributed platforms like this.
I really want to go and just try this thing. There’s no way I can afford it, but I hope they still let people try it.
Imagine if you told them then that this photo would one day “be on the fediverse”
That is so cool!
That’ll never work, obviously
Absolutely not. I’ve set it so that all sites are denied automatically, so I never even get asked anymore. I can’t imagine why I would ever want that, but I’m very selective with notifications altogether.
Excellent work. Thanks for all that you do to run this fabulous instance!
This is how I first moved over as well. I got a job in a small office that used iMacs and over time I grew to love it. Windows 7 was my last edition of Windows.
Wow, that’s really beautiful!
While I certainly like having the choice of so many servers, and I think it’s smart to spread the load, I also understand why people would want to make sure they are in a stable server that has a reasonable chance to stay around. You have to put a certain amount of faith in the instance owner.
This dog is way cooler than I’ll ever be 🤣
I think a lot of people don’t care, and a lot more people just have no idea what’s going on. You have to be hyper-aware of how your data could get farmed in order to prevent each new service from collecting it.