Wildebeest is a new project from Cloudflare that’s designed to make it easier for individuals to set up and run their own Mastodon-compatible servers(takes MINUTES to connect to fediverse)
Today we're introducing Wildebeest, an open-source, easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server built entirely on top of Cloudflare's Supercloud.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-to-wildebeest-the-fediverse-on-cloudflare/
While Cloudflare is attempting to make the technical side of running a Mastodon instance easier, being responsible for even a small pocket of social media users can create some big non-technical challenges, which FT Alphaville outlined when it shut down its own Mastodon server last month.
"We tried to run a social media site and it was awful
Extinction looms for FTAV’s Mastodon presence!
/nosanitize
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcontent%2F8d995a24-d77c-4208-a3a6-603d8788ebcd
that article gives you a little insight on what the challenges are when running your own Mastodon server
sometimes >> taking responsibility for a social media site is a bad idea:
"Mastodon administrators have access to everyone’s DMs by default. FTAV has no interest in sliding uninvited into anyone’s DMs and the best way to prove it is to remove all opportunity"
Mastodon uses basic encryption to protect direct messages between users, but not end-to-end encryption
Mastodon itself pops up a warning when creating direct messages that explicitly states that posts are not end-to-end encrypted and that you shouldn't share any sensitive information using the service
(For that matter, same applies to Twitter’s DMs)
While it may not be necessary easy for an admin to read your DMs, it is certainly possible.
Social media is not the place to have sensitive conversations. You do not have privacy there
social media 101 >> if you have something to say in a DM think "would I mind if this was public" before hitting send
OH DEAR. THIS POST WAS SET TO SELF-DETONATE 💣 💥 🔥
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@0x56 that's true 👍