AbsurdityAccelerator to SelfhostedEnglish • 2 years agoShould I host my own instance if I don't intend to run a community?message-square182arrow-up1239arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-down1message-squareShould I host my own instance if I don't intend to run a community?AbsurdityAccelerator to SelfhostedEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square182file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI run my own instance because I have the resources, I intend to create communities and it is much more private this way.
minus-squareKNovalinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoSame! Community building is fun, although in my case slow…
minus-square@ultimate_questionlinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoWhat are the privacy advantages of self hosting lemmy? as in what kind of data are we otherwise sharing when we use someone else’s instance?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf I create a private community for all my family members it remains private while I selfhost. If I create it on someone else’s server it ain’t that private because the admin could be eavesdropping.
I run my own instance because I have the resources, I intend to create communities and it is much more private this way.
Same! Community building is fun, although in my case slow…
What are the privacy advantages of self hosting lemmy? as in what kind of data are we otherwise sharing when we use someone else’s instance?
If I create a private community for all my family members it remains private while I selfhost. If I create it on someone else’s server it ain’t that private because the admin could be eavesdropping.