You don't have to rely on streaming services to watch films or listen to music. You can create your own home streaming systems surprisingly easily nowadays, and their content is rent-free, chosen by you and can never be taken away or edited.

Here are a couple of really good videos about how to make your own home streaming services:

https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni

https://makertube.net/w/k9EzH4bnR61d45XSuB5KPF

Follow @vkc and @liz for more videos like these

#SelfHosting #Streaming #Netflix #Spotify #Alternatives

@elduvelle

That's true at the moment, yes.

From reading between the lines on the responses by Mastodon's official accounts in the discussions on this, the requirements are not necessarily set in stone, especially on things that already allow listing in the main index like forked software and registration requests.

p.s. The complete thread from the developers at https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989801184595302 has even more info about this initiative:

@Ember

It will, but getting them to steap away from recommending mastodon.social is a massive step in the right direction.

Also they do leave the door open for forked software instances. The exact wording they use on their criteria list is:

"Run default Mastodon (for now)"

Also also, this is just about the default instances recommended up front, they would still have the complete listing behind that which does already include Glitch etc instances.

@eric

Indeed! And it's a really clever solution they've come up with, it solves two problems at once by prioritising servers in the user's own language or location and encouraging decentralisation that way.

Mastodon server admins, important news!

The Mastodon developers are going to stop suggesting mastodon.social as a "default server".

Instead, the "default" server suggestions are going to be ones for a user's language and/or geographical location.

If your server matches these:

- General public server
- Running vanilla Mastodon
- Mastodon Covenant compliant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans

...then see this post for details: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989802617165343

#MastoAdmin

If you run your own Mastodon server and wondering how to manage storage, there's a useful video by @fedihost about it:

https://video.fedihost.co/w/caYDRrcGDTpy7yLxBKHqzu

They have also made lots of other useful tutorial videos about hosting your own Fediverse server:

https://video.fedihost.co/c/tutorials/videos

The videos cover Mastodon, PeerTube and GoToSocial

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

@zotheca @rolle

Bluesky was able to ban Blacksky's users directly on Blacksky, it seems there's still a centralised kill switch in Bluesky's control:

https://plus.flux.community/p/banning-controversy-reveals-blueskys

If you're considering making your own Mastodon server, I've done a step-by-step guide for non-technical people on how to do it at:

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

The guide linked above assumes you're using managed hosting. There are also a couple of other options listed here:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-create-my-own-server-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

#FediTips #Mastodon

If you're running a public Fediverse server, it's really important you plan how you will shut it down gracefully, even if you have no intention of ever shutting down.

Graceful shutdowns mean your members can move accounts elsewhere, and don't lose their follows and followers. The absolute worst thing a server can do is suddenly disappear without warning.

Here's more info about how to plan a graceful Mastodon server closure:

️ https://fedi.tips/closing-your-mastodon-server-gracefully

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin