Here are a few thoughts about self-hosting my own Mastodon instance, why I do it, how I do it, and how it is going.
Spoiler: It’s not hard, and I like it so far.
(After saying that, I’ll probably soon run into hard issues 😀)
Why did I want to host my own instance? There isn’t actually a strong reason. Part of it was just the nerd in me wanting to try it out, but then it also seemed to be an answer to my choose-the-right-instance conundrum.