It looks like we've been way over the pageview limit over the past few months as normally it's 100k max and we're at 300k: [image] For now we're on the free open source plan, but to continue being hosted by Discourse it would cost $300 per month and that seems to me like a lot of money just for a…

One nice thing about github discussions is that you can convert from issue with 1 click. It helps keeping the issue tracker clean.

Is something like diaspora an option? Haven't tried it, but it looks interesting.. https://diasporafoundation.org

+1 for Hetzner -- it's an amazing webhost and traffic probably wouldn't even be an issue there. A Hetzner cloud instance with one of their volumes would be great -- has support for Infrastructure-as-code (via terraform, pulumi), so write that once and you're good (you can make it open source if you …

For another project i now trying Zulip ... It’s quite interresting.

Just my 2 cents: I think Reddit (and similar platforms) are horrible for general forums like this one. Due to the way it works, it invites a different type of discussion. I haven't tried the GitHub discussion thingy yet, but in my mind, GitHub is for the technical bits, not a place for "normal" pe…

I really hope we don't end up on Reddit. Over the years, they are pushing way too hard to force their apps and accounts on you. Seriously, have you tried just browsing the thing? Especially via a mobile browser? Endless popups, app prompts, content loaded a few posts at a time... sometimes, they ju…

[image] zblesk: I think over the years we got ourselves a nice, friendly community. It's not just hyper-nerd techies; but "normal" folks, too! :smiley: I'm not saying this can't be maintained on other platforms, but I'd really hate to risk losing this community. :+1: Well said!

[image] zblesk: but I'd really hate to risk losing this community. This is something I was meaning to mention as well, and I don't think it's off topic. Discourse was designed to create healthy communities. When I look at other software communities, I find this one here to be the most friendl…

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Perhaps this might be enough for a start : Serveur dédié Dedibox Start | Scaleway

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