I am wanting to self host a fediverse instance. I don’t hope to make it big. Hoping for 200 users at most, and I won’t advertise it heavily so it’ll probably be a while before it gets there.

Is it a bad idea to host something like this on local hardware at home? I have a lot of local-only self hosted services, and I wouldn’t want those to be compromised.

But my biggest fear is overloading my network. I already don’t get the fastest signal in some parts of my house, and I am worried the extra traffic might put more pressure on the network.

What are your thoughts on hosting local? Should I just avoid the headache and host on public instance?

  • hips_and_nips@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    My standards however will always remain on “No government has any business in private stuff.”

    I never thought I’d see someone openly admit, even advocate, that they’re willing to host child sexual assault material on hardware they own. That’s a sad hill to die on.

    I don’t really care about anything else you’ve written to justify your blanket standards either. All it takes is one example (CSAM) to show the depravity of your standards.

    I’m all about privacy, even so far as to emigrate from the US to a country in the EU for privacy. But I have compassion and empathy and am also aware of ethical behavior, morality, and decency.

    Privacy is not more valuable than protecting innocent human lives. If you can’t see that, you are lost. I’m sorry.

    • Doctor xNoEnglish
      132·
      1 year ago

      I agree, yet privacy is still more important than people watching media they didn’t make. I advocate any and all people making those should be our target, not senselessly give up rights so we can punish those that didn’t hurt anyone. And I just don’t believe in the current legal system and allowing people that unpunished do attrocities to deal with other people doing them does not form an ok with me. 🤷‍♂️

      You are literally going to idiots that don’t solve the problem and are proven to do similar bad things themselves, who are using offense towards the people so attention diverts away from them, and you are arguing to ‘me’ that I don’t want to do the same stupidity…? 🤷‍♂️

      Go take a better look at your own actions, dude…

      • Doctor xNoEnglish
        132·
        1 year ago

        Also if somebody films a murder, do we punish everybody that wants to see the video? No.

        Then why are we punishing people that just watch it while not solving anything on those making them? 🤷‍♂️

        Logic is a thing people apparently give up for authority. Not me though. Someone that wants to watch CSAM is not your business, just like it isn’t if they watch murder, space stuff of baby cats… (And no, I don’t think they are the same. Taking that from this would just be not wanting to think logic to make another inconsistent counter-attack, so please, don’t.)

        The harm with CSAM is already done and you’re taking it out on the wrong persons with help of even worse people, wasting time on targets for what they might do instead of using it on people who actually did/do the bad things creating them.

        Good job… Meanwhile I’ll continue to focus on people that actually did something wrong…

          • Doctor xNoEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            You shouldn’t… You should also not be on the internet with that temper against strangers with different opinions…

            You do know it’s full of those, right?

            Either way, I did not advocate for any such a thing. I’m only saying that the way to deal with a problem is by taking on the cause, not the results… Results will keep coming if the cause remains.

            Go stick your effort into getting rid of CSAM’s creation. That way there’s no more children harmed instead of you just making yourself feel better cause you attacked someone on the internet that wouldn’t hurt anyone, but you just preassumed did cause he thinks differently on the subject. I’m not even a CSAM interested person. I hate children getting hurt as much as the next guy. I just wish we worked on a solution instead of bandaids.

            And I’m just not taking part in the bandaid part. 🤷‍♂️

        • Doctor xNoEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          This comment could answer your previous… 😅 You’re not even being consistent in your attacks that have no base.

          I certainly did not advocate to enable child abuse anywhere. I just advocated against going after the wrong people and outing frustrations on the ones that didn’t do it. Just like you are proving to do now with me… 🤷‍♂️

          Why are you so offensively upset on a comment that did not say what you put into it as retaliation. Literally changing my point to be able to attack me with it. 😅

          Like I said. Keep your anger for people actually doing wrong, not on the ones that merely think differently than the exact way you do.