@wtwagg Yeah. I suppose you do, but if you want a simple way to host Mastodon for a low price I think it is good.
Diaspora*'s coding hasn't been very active recently, but it has been going. I like ActivityPub based stuff better.
I want to set up a bunch of instances of many different projects (Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed) all devoted to Christian principles.