The thing about the self hosting discourse on the fediverse is that the fediverse itself is prima facie evidence you don't have to self host to participate without Valley omnicorps. Small communities with shared interests are viable. There's another way.
If Mastodon or any other fedi stack offered email redirects or 20MB of Geocities style basic web hosting as part of signup this would be more obvious, I think.
mhoye but seasonally spooky
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2026-09-27 12:55:12 UTC
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