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I'm really excited for this experiment! Friendica exceeds my expectations in some ways (looks nice, has imo an especially good privacy model, seems easy to update and administer) and falls short in others (ease of finding people, occasional UI weirdness).

Please let me know if you run into any issues and I'll try to fix them or at least help resolve them

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Ben Weinstein-Raun
Ben Weinstein-Raun
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It took me roughly one full work day to get this instance set up successfully. It's running on a VPS that will cost me $25 per month, but should be beefy enough to handle the load I expect. I'm guessing that, now that it's running, it will cost me about an hour or two per month to keep it running, assuming I don't run into unforeseen issues with moderation (I'm hoping that the invite-only system will be sufficient there for a while at least).
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Sam FM
Sam FM
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Wow this is like that social media thing, but for people instead of advertisers!
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Ben Weinstein-Raun
Ben Weinstein-Raun
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@Sam FM : can I use your comment as a testimonial, when telling people about this server? I will of course also mention that there are ways it's kinda buggy.
@Sam FM
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Sam FM
Sam FM
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Sure! Yeah overall I'm very enthusiastic about this project. Admittedly there are a concerning number bugs and questionable design choices with Frendica, but I'm not familiar with alternatives. (Also, I don't have a good sense of what is fixable/configurable.)
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Ben Weinstein-Raun
Ben Weinstein-Raun
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Cool, thanks! I looked into several alternatives before choosing Friendica. The thing that comes closest is diaspora*, but I tried it and liked it less, and anyway it seemed a lot harder to host.
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