[SkyMarshal]

Those are all good reasons not to self-host, but none are good reasons to downvote someone advocating self-hosting and providing some useful info about it. I don't get the downvote-brigading here either, especially on a hacker website.

[skazazes]

Fair enough, I assume the down votes came as a result of the tone.

[the_third_wave]

What is wrong with the tone? Is it wrong to point out that those who advocate taking care of one's own digital needs - a.k.a. self-hosting - tend to get shouted or voted down on this here Hacker News site which, if going by its name only would be just the place you'd expect to be the refuge for those who like to tinker and who value self-sufficiency?

[redcobra762]

Yes, to put it simply. It’s a violation of the HN guidelines to complain about voting.

> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.