They've followed through on their promises so far, and you can actually self-host pretty much the whole stack today:
https://alice.bsky.sh/post/3laega7icmi2q
I'd perfer for mastodon to take off personally, but really at this point both are good options and worlds better than twitter.
possumpat.io is the instance this community is hosted on. It's a (bad) domain name joke๐
We're set on moderators for now, though thanks for your interest.
Welcome! It's a bit slow around here compared to reddit but the vibes are chill. ๐
I love cbu3 leaning into the Phoenix as their mascot, glad we're finally getting the coil version as a mount.
That aspect of ffxiv is one of my favorite things about it - there's almost no fomo / season pass shenanigans (outside of pvp). I've been playing since the 2.X days and the way everything is designed around playing at your own pace has really made it easy to enjoy over the years.
I hope they never stop producing these, I need a full shelf of xiv lore.
Both types of discussion are welcome here - if this ever grows large enough that we need to split the "hardcore" crowd into their own community, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
The REAL real tragedy would be losing r/shitpostxiv ๐คฃ
You can run your own relay, though:
https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/entries/Notes%20on%20Running%20a%20Full-Network%20atproto%20Relay%20(July%202024)
I do prefer Activitypub overall, and it's certainly more mature, but any efforts towards decentralization should be encouraged/celebrated.