Is there any benefit to host my own instance?

    • jason@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      haha better than the 12GB and rising of my single-user Mastodon instance. And this is with deleting my media cache every night.

    • gabe565@lemmy.cook.gg
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      1 year ago

      Up to 400MB after two days here. I took a look at the code and it looks like Lemmy keeps all ActivityPub JSON for 6 months. It would be nice if it was possible to shorten that.

      I’m still happy that I’m hosting my own instance, but I hope this thing doesn’t get too big!

    • Jamoke@lemmy.themainframe.org
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      1 year ago

      The pictures folder on my instance is at 1.3GB after two days. It’s just me and my friend. About how many communities are you subscribed to?