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So can I just start running my only instance on my home server and just let only a few friends use it, then federate with the rest?
absolutely, talk to [email protected]
The only "downside" from running your own instance is the all page is generated from all the communities that someone in your instance has visited. So with a smaller instance the all page is less diverse.
There's a toggle to swap the all page to include all federated instances, truly all
Please enlighten me
Yup, if you're lazy you can use this to set it up: https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy
Absolutely