Submitted 2 days ago by Mhad1@lemmy.zip to selfhosted@lemmy.world
The point of self hosting is not to engage people going in your server. The point of self hosting is to have control over your infrastructure. It’s like renting or buying a home.
When you buy a home, you don’t complain that no one wants to sleep in your home 😆
My self hosted projects have someone to appreciate them - me.
Marketing means bothering people. Two of the raspberry pi’s I own are dedicated to fighting unsolicited marketing. Marketing is anathema to me.
Self hosted and open source projects are successful if you enjoy it or are solving something you need. Bonus points if it helps someone else too.
You probably can find some people on old school windows forums, also different warez/piracy forums. You can also try to show off on hackernews/lobsters, sometimes people there just love small projects like yours.
What’s self hosted about that app?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Absolutely wrong. I’ve had multiple I’ve kept going for years because I’ve created them for specific use-cases that literanlbody else touches, and I’ve run and contributed to multiple huge public projects. Never once did I ever think of abandoning the former because nobody else was using them.
This sounds like .using of someone who is new to the scene and thinks it works like social media influencer BS.
It does not.
Mhad1@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Your may have been different (the commits adds to your portfolio) or you may just have been a hobbyist but other than that, why would one be willing to sink hours!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Building stuff is fun, and using something created that does exactly what you want is cool.
Why create a self hosting setup if you’re the only one using it? Same idea.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What… Is everything profit to you?
Baaahb@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Because what you are working on is USEFUL. Gtfo. Create cause you love it not cause its a job. We have those and usually dont want an additional one.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
I think you misunderstand the word “self” :
noun plural selves a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one’s own self.
a person’s nature, character, etc.: his better self.
personal interest. Philosophy. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc. the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience
Sounds to me like you’re more interested in the ego portion of self.
I’ve spent years doing things for myself, my friends, my family, not from ego, but because I believe the things I’ve done are important (either to me or to my friends/family), and that I’m the person that can do those things.