One of the biggest reasons that I have seen folks mention as to why they are currently avoiding hosting their own PDS[0], is that there is currently no migration path back to Bluesky's PDS system. You can go Bsky PDS -> self-hosted PDS, but there is no way back, yet.

[0] https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/federation-archit...

Perhaps it's enough to POSSE (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere)? Post your content on your own site, but link back to them on all your favourite social media sites.

That seems like a reasonable alternative to outright self-hosting a PDS instance.

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