I am a ~single-user Mastodon instance admin. It is a big hassle to get set up, but then I never have to really think about it day-to-day.
That said, there are also a lot of other good instances, and I am jealous of folks with a nice local timeline, so the general advice (for anyone else reading) would be to just move instances.
I don't know if this has an ergonomic read-posts-from-other-instances setup. If you try it, write up what you think somewhere? :)
It probably depends on how it is packaged. I easily deployed it on yunohost, and the updates are done with a few clicks. I do hardly anything to keep it maintained on a RPI. If I start bringing on more people, I might have to actually moderate.
That said, there are also a lot of other good instances, and I am jealous of folks with a nice local timeline, so the general advice (for anyone else reading) would be to just move instances.
I don't know if this has an ergonomic read-posts-from-other-instances setup. If you try it, write up what you think somewhere? :)