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   gyptazy (gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 02:58:17 JST gyptazy

   • The Real Grunfink

   Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the #Fediverse and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!

   But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of #snac [1] / #snac2 - and I can recommend the usage of relay services (it doesn't matter which one!) to everyone. It provides more content from connected instances to you, but also brings your posts - from your local instance - up to other ones within the federated network where it can get much easier distributed around other instances.

   #snac is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the #ActivityPub protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated #Mastodon API, you can also use most of your usual clients or web clients. Snac is light, fast, does not require any database and follows the KISS way - which the most of us BSD people are living. With relay services, it's the perfect match for singe-user instances and @grunfink is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be #Mastodon, #GoToSocial etc!

   And if you're using any other software, you may still benefit by using relay services. And if you're still looking for a guide, howto setup snac2 on #FreeBSD, my howto [3] might help you out.

   [1]: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
   [2]: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
   [3]: https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/

   #community #opensource #development #coding #c #clang #homelab #hosting #BSD #RUNBSD #Howto

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     gyptazy (gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 03:01:16 JST gyptazy

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     • stringintinfinite

     I recently wrote a blog post about the benefits of using a relay instance. You can find it here: https://gyptazy.com/hosting-a-new-activitypub-relay-for-the-fediverse-including-mastodon-and-snac/ - hope it helps :)

     @stringintinfinite @grunfink

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     stringintinfinite (stringintinfinite@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 03:01:21 JST stringintinfinite

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     • The Real Grunfink

     @gyptazy @grunfink what is a fediverse relay

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     brian (brian@farty.toot.monster)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 06:39:25 JST brian

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     • The Real Grunfink
     Thanks! I just added the relay to may single-user snac instance to try it out. :)
     
     CC: @grunfink@comam.es
     
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     gyptazy (gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 19:32:57 JST gyptazy

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     • EpicBear :dna:

     What do you mean in detail!? How the relay scales? That, luckily, doesn’t have any impacts for instances that use the relay :)

     @EpicBear @grunfink

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     EpicBear :dna: (epicbear@genomic.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 19:32:58 JST EpicBear :dna:

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     • The Real Grunfink

     @gyptazy @grunfink I'm curious how it scales with the number of instances.

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     gyptazy (gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 19:33:45 JST gyptazy

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     • brian

     Awesome! Thanks for joining and welcome on board :)

     @brian @grunfink

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