Which one would you recommend? I’m currently on the default instance but I want to support smaller instances for the sake of decentralization
EDIT: I’m noticing a lot of you guys are telling me about Lemmy instances. That’s not what I’m looking for! I’m looking for a Matrix Chat server!
Still, I will take that Lemmy instances in serious consideration. Thanks!
Personally, I chose to run my own. Setup was a headache, but then I had to do things the hard way. Server on a subdomain but advertising my root domain with an Element web client running on the root. At least that was how I was setup originally. System updates borked the web client and as no one ever used it, I couldn’t be bothered to fix it. The Matrix server itself though has been running without a hickup for over 2 years. Just gone down for updates.
If you haven’t seen this list yet, you might take a look at it and see if anything strikes your fancy. https://joinmatrix.org/servers/
I will say that the Matrix.org homeserver is said to be rather slow as everyone seems to go there as default for some reason. Couldn’t say why. /s
Did you use synapse or dendrite ?
I tried to do that too using dendrite (because I’m low on resources), and eventually stopped because it lacks some features important for bridges. I’d definitely do it again when dendrite is more “prod ready” ! Just for the sake of participating with a username under my own domain ;)