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Thoughts on HumHub?
  • Man ive been looking for something like this for a long time and never found a suitable option.

    Post i had before about this same topic.

    Humhub wasnt a solution for me since most of my family uses iPhones and not having a dedicated app would confuse them.

  • Any good Telegram alternative?
  • Just a heads up about people’s suggestions on signal. If you don’t open your desktop client often and it needs to be logged back in it will not sync your latest notes to self messages (perhaps other messages too).

  • What email provider do you use? Would you recommend it?
  • Mxroute with thunderbird as a client and mail on iOS for mobile.

    Unlimited domains and rock solid. Just don’t expect lots of hand holding the company focuses on making email work you have to sort out your own details. That being said they have good documentation.

  • What is a product you would never recommend?
  • A phone plan with a phone. You pay more over time and you get stuck with a contract.

    Buy a phone and get a plan from a MVNO. Your monthly plan will be better and cheaper. Also since you own the phone when a better plan appears you can just switch.

  • Men in their 40s, what’s one piece of advice for men in their 20s?
  • If you want kids, don’t put it off for too long. I waited till my late 30s because I was never ready. Here’s the thing you will never feel completely ready. As long as your life is basically stable (job, housing, and no serious issues) you will be okay.

    Kids are hard but super rewarding. If you have them young then you’ll get to see them as adults in your 40s. By the time my kids are adults I’ll be pushing 60 and hoping that I live long enough to meet a grandchild.

    People have successfully (shades of grey here I know) been having kids for a long time. You’ll never feel “ready” but rest assured you’ll figure it out.

  • [Question] Family oriented social network that is local only

    Hey selfhosters,

    I'm looking for some help finding a selfhosted local only social network with mobile apps (for the less tech savvy).

    Basically my family lives all over the place and we want an easy way to share photos of our children and family events with comments and engagement. We are privacy minded and don't want pictures of our kids drifting over a social network. I'm struggling to find any software that is always local only and private.

    Somethings I have seen that seem promising but not quite right:

    • Secure Scuttlebutt Apps
    • Mastodon +Hometown
    • Immich
    • Just a plane old blog

    Hometown is almost perfect but it still allows for federation and that will be hard to teach some of my family about. Immich looks great! But doesn't have anyway to engage nor feed.

    Hopefully someone out there knows of something. Ideally it would have an interface like social media without the intent to reach the wider world outside of my family.

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