• Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been self-hosting Mastodon for a while and mostly using it to share bird photography, but also to provide comments on a static site. Since Mastodon and Lemmy both speak ActivityPub, those get crossposted to /c/flashlight so Lemmy comments are also included on my site. Federation is cool.

    I don’t follow many accounts that post Fediverse meta stuff on Mastodon. While I have some interest in the best examples of that content, the only way to attract a broader community is to promote accounts and content appealing to the interests of that broader audience.

  • haruki@programming.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    insert Thanos stone meme.

    We self host an instance to share knowledge about self-hosting that instance.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Reminds me of early days of Linux.

      You should ditch windows and switch to Linux! It has everything!

      What I can I do on it?

      You can compile your own kernel!

      …

    • ericjmorey@programming.devOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Randall Monroe has provided me with weekly nibbles of entertainment for nearly 2 decades. But this was inspired by his style, not created by him.