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So how does lemmy make money?
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this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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That's the best part, it doesn't!
You're spot on, donations, or just people (like me) doing it ~~out of the goodness of their heart~~ for various reasons (free speech, desire for control/power, curiosity, boredom, lust for gold, being born with a heart full of neutrality, etc).
My server is mostly intended for me, but anyone who wants an account is welcome. My reasons are that I already run stuff on servers I have so cost is minimal vs what I would be doing anyway, I like having control over things I run (password manager, git server, etc), and based on some of the federation drama I saw in Mastodon (and has already happened here with beehaw) it's a good idea to run your own server.
Also, where can I start my own server for funsies? Ive got trueNAS, unsure if I can run it from there.
I probably can't help much when it comes to TrueNAS, all of my experience is running it on Docker in Linux. AFAIK there is no plugin/jail for it out of the box, the easiest would probably to run a Linux VM on it and follow one of the official lemmy install guides using either Ansible or Docker (compose). I am sure you could figure out a way to install it from scratch in a jail, but that is beyond my experience with BSD.
In addition to the setup of the server itself you'll want a domain, DNS, SSL and to figure out port forwarding (assuming your TrueNAS box is at home) at a bare minimum. Someone asked a similar question earlier and you can read a slightly longer response for these things [in my response to them in !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.nrd.li/comment/126236). I also suggest there that a cloud provider like digitalocean or linode would probably be more reliable and easier for some things and could be done (in a way that supports at least a small instance) on a budget of <$10/mo.
If you have any questions or want a more opinionated answer as to how I would set it up let me know.
Oh and I like the suggestion for the digital providers. I currently have a local box but I'm open to anything really. Just need to dip my toes
Thanks a bunch! I forgot to mention I have TrueNas Scale, which is debían based and supports Docker. I'll have a read at the official docs, thanks again!