Anyone can start their own Mastodon server (or other type of Fediverse server) and there's a thing called "managed hosting" that lets even non-technical people start their own too.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

Anyone can start their own Mastodon server (or other type of Fediverse server) and there's a thing called "managed hosting" that lets even non-technical people start their own too.

Here's a guide which answers lots of questions about the concept:

️ https://fedi.tips/who-gets-to-start-their-own-server

Here's a step-by-step tutorial from Fedi.Tips's sister site which goes through the entire process of creating a Mastodon server on managed hosting:

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

#FediTips #Masotdon #SelfHosting

[micdan5boringtoots@mstdn.social]

@FediTips You misspelled the Mastodon hashtag.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@micdan5boringtoots

Oh no... Well, I don't want to generate notifications for people who boosted it without good reason so I'll leave off editing it.

Thank you for pointing it out though!