Well, that is how I started out. Docker was not around yet (or not mainstream enough, maybe). So it is basically a legacy thing.
My main machine is a Frankenstein monster by now, so I am gradually moving. But since the days when I started out, time has become a scarce resource, so the process is painfully slow.
That tool also saves a copy of the website. But I also do not use the browser bookmarks and a tool, that only syncs bookmarks. And that is the reason: syncing, so I have all the bookmarks on all devices.
Here’s a tutorial for mastodon https://carlschwan.eu/2020/12/29/adding-comments-to-your-static-blog-with-mastodon/
The poll did not ask specifically for self-hosted instances. You know you can buy hosted Nextclouds where the service provider hopefully cares for that stuff? So customers wouldn’t know which database they use. I don’t know which database my mail provider uses ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Question for the Immich users: if I have two users A and B, who share all pictures. Can user A create an album with pictures from user B? That doesn’t work with Nextcloud and is grinding my gears!