Should i start new server?

[gr8rehanna]

Hi,
Due to some personal privacy and especially ADS made me quit FB.
I joined Mastodon on a random server mastadon.top
And now this domain is not working for me.

Now what i was thinking 🤔
Should i create own public Instant.
Reason: most of instances i tried are running on Digitaocean or some VPS and i am not sure how long they are online as of now 21K Mastodon servers are active. & most of servers at joinmastadon.org are Invite only.

What i have?
I run some private business and use datapacket servers usually 1000$ monthly, so i can easily run a 200$ server for very long time.

I have recently tried to install Mastodon on my server
96 Core Intel Silver
512GB Ram
(removed swap)
Storage Will Use Either S3 or wasabi...

What is the issue?

1. I want to be sure i am not wasting my money. I expect more users to join server and also Mastodon after being setesfied should list my server on Homepage as it deserves.
   I think my server config is good enough to handle some K active users.

2. Want to get some $$ from donations for WASABI/S3 Storage (can pay upto 500$ for now) but if more users will join and i will never put any limitations on media upload - S3 costs will reach to $$$ and then i might need some donations to keep things going.

[Gargron]

I joined Mastodon on a random server mastadon.top
And now this domain is not working for me.

The domain is mastodon.top