I am wanting to self host a fediverse instance. I don’t hope to make it big. Hoping for 200 users at most, and I won’t advertise it heavily so it’ll probably be a while before it gets there.
Is it a bad idea to host something like this on local hardware at home? I have a lot of local-only self hosted services, and I wouldn’t want those to be compromised.
But my biggest fear is overloading my network. I already don’t get the fastest signal in some parts of my house, and I am worried the extra traffic might put more pressure on the network.
What are your thoughts on hosting local? Should I just avoid the headache and host on public instance?
I’m fairly sure the obligation to report goes back as far as the DMCA at least. That law gave carriers and hosting providers certain limited liability against user generated content provided they had reasonable moderation policies and acted promptly to take down content either subject to copyright complaints or other legal demands. Basically a you’re ok as a host if somebody does something bad, just so long as you clean up the mess as soon as you become aware.