# I went from relying on crowded overtaxed instances to having my own, all while still coming off a ketamine high. The server costs $20ish/mo, and just having it will prod me to do a bunch of other stuff that's been kicking around in my head. Suddenly it's 2000 again, only easier.

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Eric Wagoner

@ewagoner

Finding http://yunohost.org made it super easy to set up my own federated sites and fully commit to Not Here.
In less than an hour, I bought a domain name, bought a virtual machine from DigitalOcean, and set up Mastodon, PixelFed, Gitea, and some other toys to play with.

11/22/2022, 4:17:56 PM

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Eric Wagoner

@ewagoner

I went from relying on crowded overtaxed instances to having my own, all while still coming off a ketamine high.
The server costs $20ish/mo, and just having it will prod me to do a bunch of other stuff that's been kicking around in my head. Suddenly it's 2000 again, only easier.

11/22/2022, 4:20:36 PM

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