Good. It seems I unconsciously used my own experience. In my country, even having users limit on a platform requires you to register with the state service.
In that case, it doesn’t matter much what you set up. If you just need a chat, Matrix is a good option. Or maybe Mattermost if you need a nice client. There are also several social network platforms in the Fediverse.
Well then, your choices are: 1. Buy a server under a false name 2. Never connect directly to the server or the host’s site. Use proxies for management (preferably proxies in another country). 3. Change keys more often. 4. Reinstall the system on a VPS so that the disk is fully encrypted in case the VPS is seized or management is intercepted. LUKS is the best choice. 5. Don’t keep any logs on the server.
Even with all this, your VPS provider can still reveal the addresses of everyone who connected to the instance, so the most challenging part from a user experience perspective is: none of your users should connect directly to the instance, only through proxies or VPNs on other nodes.
Honestly, it’s much easier to publish an instance on Tor or I2P networks. But in any case, even if the server is published on I2P, follow all the points from the first paragraph.
UPD: honestly, it’s better to put a i2p Floodfill router on a VPS to support the anonymous network within the country. And promote node hosting. This will give much more benefit. Publishing something inside an anonymous network is much less risky than on the internet, though caution must still be exercised.
I think 1 modifications fix this: User migration via Lemmy federation. When you can migrate from Instance to instance with old profile (comments, posts and all another) what instance you choice right now don’t importand.
Well, if you’re that sensitive, then fine. In fact, it’s just a classic fear of public speaking. If you’re uncomfortable expressing your opinion in front of a wide audience, why are you doing it? Not everyone likes you in the audience, yes, that’s right. There is no tragedy in this. And this is not a reason to ban everyone. Just don’t speak out publicly, gather an interest group and discuss some topics there. There are worse things in the world than voting against.
P.S. and you don’t have to stress so much that this is not a criticism of me. because it doesn’t matter. gather your will and just say what you want and let people do what they want with it. That’s how it works. There is a moderators for everything else.
UPD: I’m Russian in general, and I can catch downvotes just for breathing. not very often, but still. Well, that’s life.
Just relax, buddy. How many downvotes there? Dozens? Hundreds? There are 7 billion people on the planet. It’s impossible to please everyone. and that’s okay. in the end, they at least bothered to press the button. in this sense, indifference is much worse.
I don’t know about you, but I believe that the people who gave me a negative review can still create content that interests me. After all, if a person doesn’t agree with my opinion, it doesn’t make their comments and posts any worse for me. Otherwise, i can say something stupid that i would be ashamed to reread in 5 years and then block half of the platform.
Lemmi already has one of the softest voting systems. on Habr, for example, if your rating is negative, you can’t write comments at all.
The first step is to understand what you want exactly. Microblogging like Twitter? A social network like Facebook? A video hosting like YouTube? This depends on a lot. Lemmy communities can’t be closed out of the box, but YouTube for example can be closed to registered users or with a private link.