<![CDATA[If you’re on mastodon.cloud, time to move to a new server that’s actively maintained and properly moderated.]]>If you’re on mastodon.cloud, time to move to a new server that’s actively maintained and properly moderated.

@mayintoronto https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/116403176082615270

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/57981a56-d330-4967-b0bc-5e448ab6ff7a/if-you-re-on-mastodon.cloud-time-to-move-to-a-new-server-that-s-actively-maintained-and-properly-moderated.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 20:00:55 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 10:14:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If you’re on mastodon.cloud, time to move to a new server that’s actively maintained and properly moderated. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:21:50 GMT]]>@fabio @mayintoronto @aral WOW! 8Gb memory is fairly steep 100Gb disk is less worrying (though still clearly a bit steep). A year or so ago 64Gb memory was around $200 or a little less. A small Mini PC could be had for $300 with maybe 512Gb SSD.

I guess today things are likely completely out of reach and not practical due to insane costs for memory/storage/other hardware.

That said, maybe there are people with kit they already own that could manage to fit and instance in a mini PC? I have some Raspberry Pi 5s with 16Gb memory and some 512Gb NVMe drives (all of these are things I bought an few years ago for work I was doing for a client and they are now surplus to requirements). I wonder if that setup could cope?

The other hope is that a group of very smart people are re-writing Mastodon in Rust or carrying out some other optimisations (ObFlameWarAvoidance: I have nothing against Ruby, lovely language)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/116408694247777840https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/116408694247777840Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:21:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you’re on mastodon.cloud, time to move to a new server that’s actively maintained and properly moderated. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:34:45 GMT]]>@fionasboots@tech.lgbt @aral@mastodon.ar.al @mayintoronto@beige.party even my small former single-user instance after running it for a year used to suck up 5 GB of RAM, occupy 100 GB of disk in spite of multiple rounds of compaction and used to smash Redis.

Unfortunately Mastodon isn't something that can be self-hosted on a small home setup by someone who doesn't have much experience in maintaining this kind of resource-hungry systems.

That doesn't mean however that more lightweight implementations (GoToSocial or even snac) couldn't be viable options of course.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://manganiello.eu/objects/ba125245-ba2d-4ba3-801e-3025f7ed935fhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://manganiello.eu/objects/ba125245-ba2d-4ba3-801e-3025f7ed935fWed, 15 Apr 2026 10:34:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you’re on mastodon.cloud, time to move to a new server that’s actively maintained and properly moderated. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:24:50 GMT]]>@aral @mayintoronto I keep wondering if something like the FreedomBox blend of Debian https://www.freedombox.org/download/debian/ could include a setup for a home mastodon and if this would be a good idea?

I like that a family/community could have control of their own data and have their own identity and ethos.

On the other hand I suspect that there could be alot more fediblock-ing activity as these individual instances may not follow decent moderation approaches.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/116408234175916984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/fionasboots/statuses/116408234175916984Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:24:50 GMT