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Grow Your Own Services 🌱

@homegrown@social.growyourown.services
mastodon 4.5.7

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations.

All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https://growyourown.services

🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams.

Maintained by @FediThing@social.chinwag.org

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · 2d ago

I've tried to put together a playlist of videos about self-hosting, you can watch at:

🌱 https://fedi.video/w/p/jmffEzZSCEbmtp2QdrRPXD

The playlist uses the broader definition of "self-hosting" including home hosting, managed hosting, VPSes etc. I don't know if there is any other collective term for all these?

If you know any good relevant PeerTube videos I'm missing, let me know 🙂

#SelfHosting #ManagedHosting #VPS #PeerTube

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · 3d ago

Here's a guide for Mastodon admins on how to adjust who can sign up on your server:

🌱 https://fedi.tips/controlling-sign-ups-on-your-mastodon-server

It's not just the registration settings, there are also invitation settings to adjust, and these can be combined to give a range of different sign-up policies.

The guide is new, hopefully it's okay. Any feedback/corrections welcome.

#MastoAdmin

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Mar 09, 2026

Have you ever seen links posted on Mastodon which have an extra "More from..." underneath the main link preview? This goes to the Fediverse profile of the website or author being linked to.

You can make your own website's links have a "More from..." by adding a special piece of HTML code to your website, here's a guide all about how to do it:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/when-i-post-a-link-on-mastodon-why-is-there-a-more-from-link-at-the-bottom-of-the-link-preview-what-is-author-attribution

You can see an example of "More from" below this link's preview box.

#FediTips #Mastodon

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Mar 05, 2026

Fediverse admins with public servers,

If you want extra advice and info for screening new members wanting to join your server, there's a list of resources compiled by @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org at:

🌱 https://about.iftas.org/library/url-domain-and-ip-reputation-resources

The resources cover IP addresses, email providers and web addresses. The web address section could also be used for moderating links on platforms that support this.

(Thank you to @Crazypedia@mypocketpals.online for raising this topic and @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org for providing the resources 🙏 )

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Mar 03, 2026

Fedi admins with open sign-ups,

There are scammers active at the moment, and all of the scammer accounts have signed up on servers with instant signups.

To put the scammers off signing up on your server, you might want to set your sign-ups to "approval required".

To do this on Mastodon go to Preferences > Administration > Server Settings > Registrations tab > Who can sign up > Approval required, then click save changes.

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Mar 01, 2026

There's a new project called Holos which makes it a lot easier to host a Fediverse server on your own mobile device. You can follow the project at:

➡️ @HolosSocial@mastodon.social

The official site explains how it works:

➡️ https://holos.social/how-it-works

To manage expectations, it's still in its early days and mainly for techy people at the moment. However, it will be interesting to follow its development 🙂

Holos is by the makers of the Mastodon/Fediverse mobile app Fedilab.

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #ActivityPub

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 28, 2026

If you're running a public Mastodon server, it might be a good idea to customise your server's artwork. This gives your server a sense of identity and helps to show people that you're interested in running it for the long term.

More info on how to customise your server's artwork at:

🌱 https://fedi.tips/how-to-customise-your-mastodon-servers-icons-and-thumbnail

As well as the website's artwork you can also customise the bookmark icon and app icon (used if people install your server as a web app).

#MastoAdmin

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 24, 2026

As you might have seen, the costs of computers and online services are increasing sharply due to the AI/LLM bubble overwhelming supply chains.

If your friendly indie hosting provider starts increasing its prices, it probably isn't their fault and they may not have any choice.

Hosting companies rely on wholesalers of online services. If those wholesale costs go up significantly, the hosting company may have to put up their own prices just to cover their costs.

#ManagedHosting #SelfHosting

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 19, 2026

In case you missed it, it looks like there is finally movement on fixing Mastodon's "blank profile" problem by backfilling profiles.

An outside contributor wrote a draft profile backfilling feature some time ago, but there was a delay while Mastodon's core staff reviewed it. The feature is in two parts, one part has now been merged and second is in progress.

If you're interested in the technical details:
Part 1 - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34595
Part 2 - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34597

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 19, 2026

Fediverse admins,

There's a spammer signing up on multiple servers under the name "USA Resource Hub" and a header image with the US flag and statue of liberty in it. It's probably best to zap this one as soon as it signs up.

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 18, 2026

Nextcloud fans might like to follow their brand new PeerTube account:

➡️ @nextcloud_main

If you're following from Mastodon etc its videos will appear in your feed and you can comment by just replying. Replies to PeerTube videos in Mastodon etc automatically become comments in PeerTube.

You can also follow Nextcloud's Mastodon account at @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz

#Nextcloud #PeerTube #SelfHosting

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 16, 2026

Got a message asking if it's possible to have your Mastodon server's account addresses end with example.com while the server's website is social.example.com

Yes, it's possible! The hosting provider @fedihost@mstdn.social has done a tutorial about it at:

🌱 https://video.fedihost.co/w/w6yEcXjJoHY23MgtNHxVHR

However, it may cause compatibility problems on some third party services. Most are fine, but some may get confused or broken by the difference between your account's domain and your website's subdomain.

#MastoAdmin

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 14, 2026

You don't need the internet to look stuff up!

You can create your own 100% offline guide to human knowledge by installing @kiwix@mastodon.social on your phone or computer and then using it to search offline copies of Wikipedia and other wiki-based reference works. There's more info about this on the official website at:

🌱 https://kiwix.org

(I use Kiwix to store https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page which gives travel tips for the entire planet. It's like a real life "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" 🙂 )

#Wikipedia

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 13, 2026
If you're interested in setting up a secure chat service for you and your friends, you might want to try @snikket_im@fosstodon.org 🌱 https://snikket.org It's really cheap to run and easy to set up, it's managed hosting so you don't need to do techy stuff. Technical details: it runs on XMPP with OMEMO end-to-end encryption, but this is hidden behind non-technical branding so it doesn't scare people. Instances are federated, Snikket and other types of XMPP instance can communicate. #XMPP #OMEMO #E2EE
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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 12, 2026

ICYMI, @stux@mstdn.social did a post highlighting how Mastodon can be used as a private intranet just for you and your friends.

This is thanks to Mastodon's optional "limited federation mode" which uses allowlists instead of blocklists. This mode blocks all servers by default and only federates with servers you list. If your allowlist is blank, then it doesn't federate at all.

If you're interested in using this mode, there's more info at:

🌱 https://fedi.tips/creating-an-isolated-server

(via @stux@mstdn.social)

#Mastodon

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 11, 2026

Interesting, the post below is a call for help with creating a federated free open encrypted replacement for Discord!

In case you aren't aware, @cwebber@social.coop is one of the co-creators of ActivityPub which is the protocol that the Fediverse runs on. @spritely@social.coop is an organisation run by her that works on next generation federated projects.

@cwebber@social.coop

#Discord #Alternatives #FOSS

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 11, 2026

It's much easier and cheaper than you think to start your own Mastodon server:

- You don't need to be a tech nerd and you don't need any hardware. You can use a "managed hosting" service which does all the hosting and techy stuff for you behind the scenes.

- You don't need to be rich, managed hosting starts from around 5 to 10 euros per month including everything.

I've done a non-technical step-by-step guide to creating your own Mastodon server at:

🌱 https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps

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Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Feb 07, 2026

You don't have to rely on streaming services to watch films or listen to music. You can create your own home streaming systems surprisingly easily nowadays, and their content is rent-free, chosen by you and can never be taken away or edited.

Here are a couple of really good videos about how to make your own home streaming services:

🌱 https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni

🌱 https://makertube.net/w/k9EzH4bnR61d45XSuB5KPF

Follow @vkc and @liz for more videos like these 🙂

#SelfHosting #Streaming #Netflix #Spotify #Alternatives

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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

social.growyourown.services
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Jan 31, 2026
Mastodon server admins, some important news! The Mastodon developers are going to stop suggesting mastodon.social as a "default server". Instead, the "default" server suggestions are going to be ones that suit a user's language and/or geographical location. If your server fulfils these critera: - Running vanilla Mastodon - Mastodon Covenant compliant - Have existed for 1+ year - Have shut-down & disaster plans ...then see this post for more details: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989802617165343 #MastoAdmin
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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

social.growyourown.services
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
Grow Your Own Services 🌱
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services

Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations. All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https:// growyourown.services 🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, "web3", NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos etc. They are scams. Maintained by @ FediThing

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@homegrown@social.growyourown.services · Jan 22, 2026

If you run your own Mastodon server and wondering how to manage storage, there's a useful video by @fedihost@mstdn.social about it:

🌱 https://video.fedihost.co/w/caYDRrcGDTpy7yLxBKHqzu

They have also made lots of other useful tutorial videos about hosting your own Fediverse server:

🌱 https://video.fedihost.co/c/tutorials/videos

The videos cover Mastodon, PeerTube and GoToSocial 🙂

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

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