The website is bluedwarf.top/cackle/index.php, not Fediverse compatible, but the insights are interesting nonetheless
What I have Learned from Two Years of Running a Small Social Media Website
Submitted 7 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/running-a-small-social.html
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Blaze@reddthat.com 7 months ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wonder what this guy was getting banned so much for…
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 7 months ago
i guess. but these are insights for any forum from the last, oh 30, years... if youre not talking federation, or even imaging... it doesnt feel like theres any 'new' information here. just a wall of text from yet-another-forum-operator.
JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes, I found it well-written but not all that enlightening. I recognise that it made sense for SpaceGhost/CheapSkate to build his sites out by hand in the true spirit of DIY, but that doesn’t seem too practical or advisable for most folks.
The various federated software & networks may have their weak points and inconsistencies, but far as I can tell it’s still best for volunteer site runners to work within that framework so as to remain connected to something bigger than just their little personal corner of the internet. Is it really so expensive a thing to federate? I seem to recall that some instances can host for only ~US$20, which doesn’t seem bad at all. Images are arguably best stored at other sites like Imgur, anyway.
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