I would advise against it.
Let's also add
That is actually somewhat less of an issue now that bans and content removal are federating. Kbin is the easiest to abuse at the moment, but, luckily, there aren't many instances of it.
"Less" is still not "gone" unfortunately. You do still have to be very vigilant because federation from unknown instances intentionally spreading that stuff can and will end up getting garbage on to your server's hard drive that you might not even notice.
This would be my concern.
As I understand it lemmy caches data from other instances you/your users utilize as part of federation which means it requires a fair bit of storage to operate and potentially sketchy data could be synced onto your hardware completely unbeknownst to you.
And afaik you are still legally liable for it
It depends on the country you're in I guess. In Germany, and other countries as well I guess, you're not liable for stuff others people post on your platform as long as you react to reports and actually remove that shit when it's brought to your attention. You don't have to look at your instances media folder 24/7
that's an exaggeration, i haven't had a moderation case like that on lemmy yet.
Ifyou selfhost only for yourself it's easy pickings though, and something I recommend as a start.
Tyty! Yes I just want to get the hang of learning how this all works, it's not a super sacred storage for my naked selfies
Yes, it's possible. It requires some knowledge in server administration though, you can find the specifics at the Lemmy GitHub page.
TYTY
get vps account, clone repo, configure server, configure domain. profit?
Thanks! What's clone repo mean tho? I generally use vpn, I think that should be default systems globally if humans get shit together
If this is your level of experience, I would heavily caution against running an instance.
But what about creating one?
every comment you make is just supporting that you shouldn't be trying to self-host an instance. you lack all the knowledge necessary to do so.
if you're really stubborn about it, your best bet would be paying someone with the proper knowledge to do it for you.
That's worth considering. How much would it be?
I would like to also create one just to learn how it all works, being that I am as novice as you all think, and would like to learn hands on. But my main concern is founding a haven. That's the only goal I have.
It's a feature of Git. Read up on git/GitHub before you try to tackle this.
Tyty, will do
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