Might take a look at the instance I’m on. Lemmy.sdf.org. It’s pretty chill, and SDF has been doing the social media thing since the 80’s without much issue. Started as a dial up BBS devoted to anime back in the day. Leans anime, music/art generally and computers. Supported via donations.

If you have any opinions on what’s decent from the Mini PC side of things, or where you’d trust to ask, I’m all ears as have never really looked into any before.

I couldn’t say. I don’t have much use for them. You can’t cram enough storage in them for my needs. I can say that, until recently, I didn’t often see them available used. There could be any number of reasons for that though. I have heard though that the Beelink NUCs are a bit hit or miss and often die from internal heat, but don’t know personally.

Might want to ask in [email protected] or [email protected] . If you can’t get a reply there, you could also try the Linux Unplugged or Self Hosted matrix channels here. They are generally pretty active during the (US) day.

Sounds like a solid plan.

Unless you already have a RPi available for use, I would consider basing around x86 hardware. Nothing wrong with the Raspberry Pi’s, it’s just if you need to buy hardware, there’s much more powerful computers available for similar price points. Won’t be as simple or straightforward nor as energy efficient, but if you start adding additional services, you’ll be glad for the extra RAM and processor performance that is available.

Yes, but it’s in TestFlight, and still needs a good bit of work.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/62UabDFz