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Is there a way I can easily set up my own federated instance for free or no? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I want to join the Fediverse. I don’t have a computer or anything to make something like a Lemmy instance, and I found that NodeBB will easily allow you to make a forum quickly, but I have to pay to do so. Should I just pay when I can or is there a free way to make a federated instance on a software?

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

@CraigCabbage why can’t you? no wifi and no ethernet? how old the computer is ?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    IDK, Dad and Grandpa say the computer is too old to access it and he thinks me buying an ethernet cable is useless 😭 The computer is probably 10-13 years old, I’m not sure

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    @CraigCabbage should be compatible with internet, or if you want you can also buy some old stuff through eBay, its also cheap

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Is there any way to federate a ProBoards forum? I made one once and someone said I should federate it

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    @CraigCabbage @mat I had a look at this - - If this is ProBoards - proboards.com/free-forum-featu… - It looks that its a closed service - hosted by that company and either free (Where the audience is is the product sold to Google Advertising) or where someone can pay to host a forum (and remove the ads) - I couldn't see any federation capabilities

    Maybe it would make sense for them to have a Discourse type plugin that allows you to follow posts from the forums in ActivityPub to attract visitors but I guess they are too small to be able to devote their own resources to developing this capability.

    From my perspective, If I was going to run a forum - I'd avoid this type of service since you are basically locked in and no doubt at some point it will get enshitiified. I'd either get a Lemmy server, use an lemmy server and create a community on that (so you are properly part of the Fediverse) or run a Discourse Forum (With ActivityPub plugin ) - where you at least own the domain and can move / migrate it if ever want/need to.

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