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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy
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I'm not trying to say that you can't/shouldn't federate with others. You don't need to federate everything, all channels, etc, nor should you IMO. I found out really quickly that the small server I had set aside for it was not up to the task when I decided to sync up the matrix.org main channels. You need lots of ram, FAST storage, and a good internet connection at bare minimum.
Oh man, I think I just need Synapse and not the full ESS suite. May have been making this harder than I needed.
If you just need a chat server for your and some friends and family, that is almost certainly will work for you.
Nice. I was feeling way over my head with ESS. Thanks!
Sure, no problem. I'm sure you'll get a basic server up and running, it isn't too bad.