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I'm asking cause my previous post regarding my server that isn't at home got moderated for violating rule 3. I don't get it ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world 100 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Your post was removed because it wasnโ€™t about any self-hosted applications, services, or infrastructure. Instead, you were complaining about the customer support of a VPS provider.

A case could be made that Rule 7 should have been cited, instead of Rule 3.

[โ€“] KaKi87@jlai.lu 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Alright, I guess I should have rather made a post like PSA: beware of Netcup, they shut you down on suspicion of doing stuff against their ToS whether it's actually the case or not and without giving you a warning to respond.

[โ€“] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

meh...I wouldn't get too crunk about it. If you're here for any length of time, you're bound to have a few mod deleted posts.

[โ€“] Dumpdog@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If OP was self-hosting they wouldn't have had a problem with their hosting provider.

[โ€“] megaman@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As someone runnings things out of my basement computers, i have a lot of problems with my hosting provider

[โ€“] Dumpdog@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I hear ya. My hosting provider is crap too.

[โ€“] jimmy90@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

i donno i think you're self hosting if you're the admin

[โ€“] Auli@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Your hosting but not self hosting.

[โ€“] zo0@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

No, Hosting has a technical definition. When you rent a server or in this case VPS, the company is hosting you. You can maintain or administer the services but you are never hosting yourself on someone else's computer.

[โ€“] nottelling@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Woah TIL that because I'm admin, I'm self hosting an entire enterprise of nearly 50,000 users.