Is there any benefit to host my own instance?

  • Malin@omg.qa
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    1 year ago

    I run my own instance because I have the resources, I intend to create communities and it is much more private this way.

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      1 year ago

      What are the privacy advantages of self hosting lemmy? as in what kind of data are we otherwise sharing when we use someone else’s instance?

      • Malin@omg.qa
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        1 year ago

        If I create a private community for all my family members it remains private while I selfhost. If I create it on someone else’s server it ain’t that private because the admin could be eavesdropping.