[intrasight]

It has been like 14 years since I've had my own physical server in a data center. I don't think self-hosting is a thing anymore for individuals. Today with my symmetric FIOS I could host at home. But then I risk having Verizon pull the plug on my internet if they disapprove of something I post.

Now if by "self-host" you mean to host with a company that doesn't have AI bots scanning for objectionable content, I guess you could host anywhere EXCEPT the big boys. But consider that Google, etc could be providing the AI bot service to anyone and everyone (I'm sure there's a market), so I'm not sure that any form of self-host can really protect you.

So the answer is a) control your own domain, b) backups