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It's much cheaper and easier than you think to start your own server on here.

If you use "managed hosting", it means the hosting company does all the techy stuff like installation, upgrades and maintenance.

The cheapest Mastodon server through managed hosting costs around 8 US dollars a month.

I've done a website all about using managed hosting at:

➡️ growyourown.services

...and here's a long article about making your own Mastodon server:

➡️ growyourown.services/making-yo

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Andrew Myers

@feditips if you run your own single user server, does the federated timeline only contain folks you follow? (this might be a feature for me)

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the last heron

@feditips @autisticbookclub “around 8 US dollars a month” :blobhaj_sneaky_devil:

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mark

@feditips interested. I am new to this. What’s the benefits to self-hosting?

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Chip

@feditips How do I update my PW on here?.

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Searcher Eye :openbsd: 📺

@feditips @dharma you recently have join the community with your own server! The more the merrier I suppose.

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Jenn / CaptainHanyuu

@feditips @kimhu how does 8$ for a server instead of 50$ sound? 🤔

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James Cuff :verified:

@feditips Superb read this! Feeling seen and also very happy here on my little instance. Really appreciate your write up, covers all aspects!

“Running a private single user server just for yourself – Extremely simple. The monthly cost will be very low, there won’t be any moderation to worry about. You can take things entirely at your own pace.”

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janetate

@feditips Thanks! Is there a way to bookmark posts here?

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Scott Persinger

@feditips so..Twitter Blue pricing?

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down daemon

@feditips shoutout to Yunohost too! one click install of foss webapps

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Riley Harden

@feditips ironic that it costs $8… either you can create your own server here or subscribe to #TwitterBlue over on #Twitter 😂

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Edmund Paton Walsh

@feditips $8 a month, you say? I wonder what else I could get for eight bucks? 😆

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EdenDestroyer

@feditips 8 dollars a month? Where all the #BlueTick people at?

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@feditips fake blue checkmark on twitter also eight bucks a month. Coincidence?

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Anna

@feditips This reminds me of IRC days :-) In order to host a server one would need a lot of people joining the server. We are still finding each other and working out how mstdn works.

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@feditips not $8!

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Robin Lord

@feditips enjoyed - for just $8 either you tear down or you build

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@feditips thanks!

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