2disbetter,
I am considering hosting my own Mastadon instance. The idea would be to build a community, starting with my own family and friends and moving forward to including their family and friends, etc… My theory is that the better and more fair of a host I can be, the more successful the platform might become. I am not so much even interested in monetization of it. It’s more about learning how to build community.
What’s it like to run your own Mastadon instance? Has your platform grown? Does it take a lot of your time to keep it running? How do you use your platform?