So I've been planning to experiment with self hosting for a while. I mostly want to host my own Friendica (so I can have all the connectors I want), maybe Hubzilla, and probably Bonfire - a new modular platform under development. Realistically, I'm watching for the first/best Facebook alternative and getting to know it from the hosting side. I plan to start on a headless linux box in my basement. I think it will give me a sense of the bandwidth and storage needed for the average account. They will be closed servers (me only) for now. I may add a few close friends when I want to see how it scales.

Anyway, today I took the first step and payed for my domain name. I'm very happy with it. I think it can scale fine if I decide to switch to paid hosting and open up any platform(s) I decide to run. Probably won't get things up and public until April or May. I am excited to start experimenting!!!!

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