I get the idea of instances, like you can make your own and this is good for privacy. But some lemmy instances are much more popular and this in fact makes it another Reddit. If there are separate instances for niche topics, why not make it another community inside a larger instance?
I don’t understand, owning the domain and server is the whole point for me.
From a privacy perspective. The domain and server are directly associated to you.
Yeah of course, but what is the point of hosting one for yourself if not that?
You said it yourself that owning an instance is bad for privacy. I just added that even if you set a username that can’t be traced to back you, you still own the domain and server, which compromises your privacy.
Yeah, I get that part. I was wondering why you’d then think about selfhosting one at all.
We don’t control what thoughts and ideas pop up in our heads! The possibility to host your own instance is something that the Fediverse offers. It’s highly advertised. So it’s natural that such things come to mind. You can’t approve or reject them without thinking.
I didn’t mean to insult you or anything, I just like to understand people. And this does indeed clear things up for me, thanks :)
edit: fixed autocorrect
Sure, no worries, I didn’t feel any negativity from your side!
You don’t seem to be getting an actual answer to your question, so I’ll try. IMO it’s the idea of being the master of your own domain and being in control; basically being an admin. If you want to be on an instance designed to your own preferences, like which instances it federates with and what communities you want to host, then the ultimate way to do it is to create and host your own instance.
I think you missed the start of the conversation ;) I host my own single-user instance on my own domain, and I was wondering why one (another user) would even think about selfhosting when the fact that it ties their lemmy identity to their server and domain made them not want to selfhost.
Some users just want to melt in to the crowd I guess.
I have my own domain and i love it. In fact, it’s going to become more and more important knowing how to self host things. Big tech is extreamly preditory.