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Also, you own the domain and server. That's why I decided against setting up my own instance.
From a privacy perspective. The domain and server are directly associated to you.
Some users just want to melt in to the crowd I guess.
I have my own domain and i love it. In fact, it's going to become more and more important knowing how to self host things. Big tech is extreamly preditory.
You said it yourself that owning an instance is bad for privacy. I just added that even if you set a username that can't be traced to back you, you still own the domain and server, which compromises your privacy.
We don't control what thoughts and ideas pop up in our heads! The possibility to host your own instance is something that the Fediverse offers. It's highly advertised. So it's natural that such things come to mind. You can't approve or reject them without thinking.
Sure, no worries, I didn't feel any negativity from your side!
You don’t seem to be getting an actual answer to your question, so I’ll try. IMO it’s the idea of being the master of your own domain and being in control; basically being an admin. If you want to be on an instance designed to your own preferences, like which instances it federates with and what communities you want to host, then the ultimate way to do it is to create and host your own instance.
Brilliant explanation.
Fuck spez.
Your profile is also public. An instance with few 10 subscribers erases much of the information.
Your profile contains your post history to many of your communities.
I'm pointing out that if you're going to the trouble of hosting your own instance you could as well allow some convenient number of random users to register. It would erase most of your signal and help distribute the load and exposure to specific legal compartments.
GDPR does not apply here. Content that people write on a forum does not count as PII. If you are not sending your users's IP or email addresses to a third-party, you have nothing to worry about.
Also applies only to personal information and not to content generated by the users.