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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 πŸ€”

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[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] nottelling@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your hosting but not self hosting.

[–] zo0@programming.dev 5 points 13 hours 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.