it’s definitely okay to have some communities be for very small groups of people with a very restrictive mod policy

I’d say that’s not only ok but desirable. I forgot about locking posts, that would indeed be effective.

To be fair, politics shape a lot of the economy. But it pops up everywhere, TV show communities, hobbies, everything.

Maybe. On the other hand, I can see a mod being reticent about nuking a post that has a high upvote ratio and a healthy discussion going.

I would love to not be bombarded with US news in communities where it has no business showing up.

Also, what’s a valid reason for harassment?

Gooble gobble

Thanks!

That’s neat, thanks!

Any plans of releasing the terms as open source, so smaller instances can adopt them?

You have to have an idea of what you’ll run on it first.

Old corporate desktops will do for a NAS and basic light services. Look for one that has three drive bays plus an NVMe slot.

No clue, but they could use nice.

Borg is amazing but I don’t think it’s a good fit for your case.

That would regio explain with there are so few matrix servers out there compared to Lemmy or Mastodon.

Are you a stenographer, perchance?

I can feel it, Dave. My mind is going. I can feel it.

Really? Is there an alternative that hits all the points above? I’m really asking.

• persistent IRC style chat rooms
• virtual “servers” to organize said chat rooms, manage privileges, control visibility
• integration with bots for all sorts of things (moderation, user welcome, dice rollers, etc.)
• integration with games/music players/etc (I don’t use it but it’s very popular)
• privacy and moderation controls
• client allows fine grained notification controls
• voice, video, and screen casting simultaneously
• “server” templates: use an existing server config (roles, permissions, rooms, etc.) when creating a new server.

That’s just off the top of my head.

It’s enshittifying, but the value proposition is still hard to beat. I’m really hoping Matrix catches up with the feature set soon.

Nheko provides an interface that is reminiscent of Discord. Fully featured and fast Matrix client.

That depends. A lot of the power consumption comes from spinning media. Even very old desktop Intel chips have CPU throttling and consume very little while idle. Corporate desktops, even old ones, are usually quite economical.

You don’t need more than an old desktop with a low powered i3/i5 and a free drive bays to build your first NAS. Just install TrueNAS and get going.