Why start a Lemmy instance?

3 years ago by NBCooks to c/asklemmy

What are the pros and cons? For someone who has zero IT background so ELI5.

immortaly007 3 points 3 years ago

From what I understand:

Pros of hosting your own instance:

control over your data (privacy)
performance (your instance is probably less busy/faster than lemmy.world, because it has to handle less people, so things load faster)
it cool

Cons of hosting your own instance):

maintenance
federation cost increases for the network (i.e. All instances that host communities you are subscribed to (i.e. Lemmy.world), now need to send (federation) updates to your new instance). Note that as more people start using your instance, it is better for the network.
you have to have a server running somewhere, which costs money's.
you need a max 20 character domain name.

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baduhai 0 points 3 years ago

you need a max 20 character domain name

Sounds kinda arbitrary, what's the reason for this?

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immortaly007 1 point 3 years ago

I remember reading that somewhere, but now I can't find it back... May or may not be true

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