From 65b83a6666b00246aaaa812f5f75badf1565d5b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bronez Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 10:37:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Create perspectives.md Top level place to start collecting ideas that apply to the Fediverse beyond Hachyderm --- .../content/en/docs/perspectives.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 community.hachyderm.io/content/en/docs/perspectives.md diff --git a/community.hachyderm.io/content/en/docs/perspectives.md b/community.hachyderm.io/content/en/docs/perspectives.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..174566aa5 --- /dev/null +++ b/community.hachyderm.io/content/en/docs/perspectives.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: "Perspectives on the Fediverse" +linkTitle: "Perspectives" +weight: 100 +description: >- + Sharing Hachyderm's lessons to help make the Fediverse the best it can be. +--- + +## Managed Service Providers + +Hachyderm.io has an impressive team of administrator-operator-moderators keeping it up and running. Not every community is so lucky, and less-technical communities are systematically less lucky. For less-technical communities that want to join the Fediverse on their own terms, managed hosts are a great option to consider. + +Hachyderm is aware of the following MSPs (Inclusion ≠ endorsement, alphabetical by name): + + * [https://elest.io/open-source/mastodon](Elestio) + * [https://masto.host/](mastohost) (closed to new registrations as of 12/7/2022) + * [https://www.opalstack.com/blog/2022/11/29/mastodon-hosting-on-opalstack-is-here/](Opalstack) + * [https://federation.spacebear.ee/](Spacebear federation) + * [https://toot.io/mastodon_hosting.html](toot.io) + + + ## Non-Technical Concerns + + Instance administrators should consider: + + * How to raise funds to cover hosting costs + * What kind formal legal entity to form for the site + * How to handle DMCA requests (in the USA) + * What national and sub-national jurisdictions apply to their instance + * How to manage the liabilty if the instance is used for illegal activities + * How to make decisions as a community