Trying to decide between Mastodon and GoToSocial for a self hosted future instance on Yunohost, so I'm polling people using either:

If you use:

Mastodon+Yunohost:
How hard was it to get set up? How close does it stay to upstream? Does it take a lot of resources? Does it break often?

GoToSocial + Yunohost:
How reliable is it? Do you find yourself having to go withoput the most recent Masto features often with popular apps?

#Mastodon #GoToSocial #Yunohost #Fediverse #SelfHosting #Fedi

There's so much that can happen in just two months.

I published this blog post on October 28: blog.elenarossini.com/the-fedi…

Back then, I never imagined that by the end of the year I would be running my own self-hosted Fediverse instance.

I'm feeling so much more hopeful and empowered these days and I need to thank YOU, wonderful people of the Fediverse, for encouraging me to take the plunge and try #YunoHost and #GoToSocial. I'll be unveiling my new instance soon. For now, THANK YOU ❤️ ✨

The Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same.

The Fediverse has helped me regain control from the behavior modification empires of Big Tech. Now I want to help other people do the same.

^{Elena Rossini}

@abeltramo follow-up question: my VPS provider has a super cheap plan for daily backups (like, 2 Euros a month).

Being a total newbie, it would be super easy to set up.

My VPS is only to test #GoToSocial and #YunoHost, doesn't have any critical information on it at all. If I lose all the data, that's not too big of a deal.

I am a big fan of the 3-2-1 backup system but in this case my VPS' daily backup will do I think. Thoughts?

Quick note: I'm running out to pick up my child from nursery school - I will be offline for the rest of the day (until she's asleep).

For Sharkey power users: I hope my post did it justice.

What is next? I really want to test drive Hubzilla, Misskey, Akkoma and PeerTube, learn how to create bots with @stefan and self-host my own instance via #yunohost 🤗

If you'd love to host your own services #mastodon #peertube #email #xmpp #nextcloud but don't necessarily have the technical skills, but you're willing to try.

You've got to check out #yunohost !!!

It's an amazing platform, that is made for non IT experts to install many #seflhost ed services with just a few clicks.

They even provide you with a free subdomain to get you started.

I urge you to checkout their new awesome website, you won't regret it!

yunohost.org/

*please boost