is there a way to refederate instances just for me?

funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 37 points –

when I see that whichever instance I choose is defederated from another bunch of random instances, is it possible to have those show in my feed without making a separate profile from other instances? and can I turn them off again if I see that defederating was the right idea?

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You could host your own instance, that way you're completely in control. I'm also doing that, just because I don't want people(mods, owners) to decide for me who I interact with or not.

I'm probably "technical enough" to do that, but I've heard that from that point on I'm managing my own infosec- is that the case?

Yes, but It's pretty hands off since 99% of security stuff is managed for you by the Lemmy software, including rate limiting. Just make sure you use a secure password and if you want put the instance behind cloudflare which is super easy to do.

Is it as easy as "create instance" or does it involve setting up a server and other cloud based software?

it is not that easy.. you do need to understand the basics of the underlying systems (server/network/storage), and then be able to keep them up to date and running. and then there are the costs associated with it.. i think with a stripped down lemmy you could get it runnin for maybe 10$/month.

That's not too far off the mark, It cost me about $20 AU so probably $15 US. I could get cheaper if I wanted to host further from home (I'm happy with a AU host for my New Zealand instance)

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