Mastodon is all the rage among the cool kids, and is growing in popularity among folks who've left Twitter.

It's easily self-hostable, too, which is awesome! So, should you stand up your own server? I'm not recommending it to most folks, and this video explains why. TLDR- build communities and not silos.

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0:00 I say "greetings" and tell you what Mastodon is
3:11 Should you spin up your own Mastodon server?
5:40 Why you might want to spin one up anyway
6:27 Mastodon is exciting, and we should use it responsibly

#mastodon #twitter #selfhosted