Hey y’all,

So I keep having this intrusive though that I SO BADLY want to get my anti slop, anti corporate brainwash friends off of fb and start our own social area (with blow and hookers. Actually forget the blow).

My issues: most of them aren’t tech savvy and my setup would have to be solid with little issues. I never post on fb but I basically would Make 1 post inviting everyone to it.

I have a couple synology nas setups. Neither are open to the internet. I have some spare computers as well that could run the server fine.

I know I could potentially just make a server from one of the public instances of matrix but I don’t trust that and it’d be a nightmare if that one went down or something and we had to move again.

Realistically I’d probably get like 10 people to join me. Just a place for local community to hang out and share events etc.

I keep getting stuck on how exactly to go about it. Like I think I’d need tailscale and docker (still dont get what docker really is). I have used tailscale briefly on mobile and it seems to work. But idk. I would also be fine paying a modest sum a year for some pro to host it if that is smarter…

  • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Why not use something more “mainstream” so you don’t worry about break/fix, like Signal or Delta Chat?

    I use Signal, not Delta, but Delta was recommended to me by others recently.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      I’m not really into signal as a social media app. Also it doesnt run in browser and the desktop app is not good from when I tried it. And you need a phone. # and its centralized.

      Delta I’ll need to check out

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        36 minutes ago

        Yes, I get it. But it’s a step in the right direction for getting your friends of FB and mainstream shit. Once they start to see the light, maybe they’ll be interested in moving further away from that stuff.

        Centralized, yes, but much easier to manage, more “trusting” for your friends since they might be familiar, and it’s secure AF! They don’t respond to data requests from any gov.

        Also, they no longer require a phone number, just $2.99USD from Google Play, which, for you might be not OK, but your friends who happily give shit up it’s NBD.

        I’ve inquired about skipping GPS in lieu of a regular donation so you can straight up get the APK.