Ed@ajsadauskas I think that @_elena might help sharing some insight on some of the self-hosting part since she's experimenting with it as well.
As for Masto.host there's nothing but nice things to say: the guy that runs it knows its stuff. He's polite, quick in answering to even the most basic questions and extremely helpful in understanding how an instance works.
All GNU social JP content and data are available under the