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minus-squarespectrums_coherence@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThere are several non-profit had their own instance, like ACM. I recall Mozilla used to do, but I am not sure if they still does.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHow expensive is it to have your own instance?
minus-squarespectrums_coherence@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI don’t think it is terribly expensive, a lot of (somewhat large) domain specific academic instances are maintained by grad students with donation from academics. As far as I know, many of them are in good financial standing.
minus-squarelivligkinkajou@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoIt can be as low as €4/month + domain name, see: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/#so-you-want-to-run-your-own-mastodon-server
There are several non-profit had their own instance, like ACM. I recall Mozilla used to do, but I am not sure if they still does.
How expensive is it to have your own instance?
I don’t think it is terribly expensive, a lot of (somewhat large) domain specific academic instances are maintained by grad students with donation from academics. As far as I know, many of them are in good financial standing.
It can be as low as €4/month + domain name, see:
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/#so-you-want-to-run-your-own-mastodon-server