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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

if you're capable and have a server, i recommend spinning up pixelfed and friendica instances for your parents and families. they're probably the simplest fediverse apps to install too.

it's one thing for you to move, it's another thing to be able to get your parents and family to move over.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is something that I hope fediverse developers and OSS developers start focusing on: making installation and self-hosting much simpler. Currently trying to set up self-hosted anything is a gigantic pain in the ass if you’re not already an experienced sysadmin.

[–] caos@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

If you want to host your own instance, there are also managed hosting offers for Friendica, e.g. by Weingärtner-IT (from 4€/month) or Spacehost (20€).

To get to know Friendica, however, I would recommend simply creating an account and testing it out, first.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

how would you recommend pitching it? I know all the sweet unix/linux things, and freedom and such, but how would you pitch it in a way that your parents would care about?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well most of the time - at least for me - they're just there for the rest of the family so if you can get the rest of the family on there and then maybe let them invite their friends, that's all they really need

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that's what I'm worried about for mine, they've become addicted to the slop

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It doesn't need to be all or nothing for them at first. If you share on it maybe they'll share some thing there too slowly.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

you'll also need to remember to interact with the platform like you were with them in public, for a few reasons. Plus the Internet could stand to be less harsh