Self-hosting services has been a life-changer. And I thank this community for helping me a lot recently. Not only did I learn a lot more about linux, network and docker, but it helped me understand better how platforms and advertising just f*cked up the internet I grew up with.

But I wonder: do any of you hate how self-hosting services like photo- or document-management systems, or even a simple rss tool, forces you to sort your stuff out, and put your decades old files in order?!

I’m in the process of migrating my web browser bookmarks to linkding because it’s a GREAT tool. But I have like 2k websites to manualy check wether they’re still there, wonder at how cool they still are, tag properly and archive with SingleFile!

And that’s just ONE service…

  • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    This is so foreign to me. I never bookmark anything ever. I leave a few tabs open until I complete that task, read that article or decide I don’t care anymore.

    • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I found that going back to bookmarking (and subscribing to RSS) is the best way to pull away from the algorithm-feed-trough of the social media websites and SEO bullshit. As I got more and more bookmarks of interesting sites, and found lots of feeds to subscribe too, I found I naturally gravitated away from the corporate web. It’s a requirement now if you are interested at all in indie-web type stuff, forums for esoteric hobbies or software communities, or personal web pages of interesting people -those things just don’t show up on search engines or social media anymore.

      • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Lemmy does a good enough job of bringing content to me. But I appreciate your perspective. It’s definitely something to keep in mind as we get closer to the AI apocalypse.

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      I digitally collect odd things, selfhosted in several apps depending on if it’s for ‘read later and decide’ or preserve… For one, I like the etymology of words or phrases and how they’ve evolved in meaning, and in some instances bastardized the meaning. For another, I collect political cartoons from any country. I am fascinated how some of the ones I’ve read about, have changed some people’s minds. Things I find educational. Things that are totally polar opposite me. You’d be surprised what you learn even tho you may still remain opposed. So these are a back up of a backup which gets backed up, lol, It’s the source files if you will, and I archive them in another app however I still keep the source as a backstop.

      I’ll end with this as an example since this might be misconstrued as not about selfhosting, As a wee lad, someone donated a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to us. I read those cover to cover many times. So, with the help of self hosting and dedicated devs around the globe, thank you so very much for being so generous with your skills and time, I can continue my quest to know.

      TL:DR: I’m just a weird, old man.