Btw, the reason why I disagree is because the author seems to only see two possible models for social networks: centralised corporations vs all-powerful admins. But there is many more ways to go about this. Your company probably runs an email server for you, who is in charge of that? Some all-powerful admin? No drama there, right? How about coops/associations which run distributed services, such as... Source: about 1 year ago

Closest I can think of is disroot, but I don't think they do webhosting. Source: about 1 year ago

Yes that's a good idea and I would very much like to participate. This is a good platform we could use. Https://disroot.org/en. Source: over 1 year ago

To get a sense of what two organizations already host freely, take a look at Disroot and Framasoft. Source: over 1 year ago

Hey, you should give Disroot a try, they offer a free mailbox plus a bunch of other free online services. They are based on principles of freedom and privacy. Source: almost 2 years ago

I really thought this article was going to offer a solution, not just enumerate the problems. I'm already all too familiar with the problems. I like what Umbrel[0] is doing. They're essentially expecting that just like computing was able to move from centralized mainframes to homes, servers are poised to make the same migration. I think they really need to solve redundancy, though. If I'm to self-host... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

But there is: https://umbrel.com/ (except for hosting email which is not realistic anymore). - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

I did my node via umbrel super easy to setup ;) https://umbrel.com. Source: 11 months ago

For those interested in setting up a their own lightning node, check out Raspibolt, Umbrel, Plebnet . Source: 11 months ago

There are a few raspberry pi solutions, including: - https://umbrel.com. Source: 11 months ago