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@ralfmaximus@mastodon.social @dalias@hachyderm.io

Off the top of my head

- Full admin control - setup exactly how you want for your own needs
- Set up moderation in a way that suits your own needs
- Full control over other instances it federates with
- Less system overhead and (potentially) faster loading
- Use your own domain name if identity is important
- Not being vulnerable to instances suddenly shutting down or being defederated by other instances
- Full control of own data / media
- Can run from a home server
- Can mess around with instance's code and customize
- can integrate it with other software / services you run on the same server
- self reliance - long term stability

There's probably more things

There are downsides though, of course needing server admin knowledge, but a big one is that it can take some time for your instance to find other instances - but you can set up relays to help with that.