Awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to post. I’ll have to dig a little more into that, looks really interesting

I’d love to take a look at that if possible

Are you very familiar with xmpp or jmp.chat? Would I gain any benefit in using jmp.chat by having my own xmpp server? With my own xmpp server, I own my account, but I don’t know if I can then connect that in any meaningful way to jmp.

Yeah, I have done research on all of that before, but so far, I’ve just stuck with tailscale as a safe way to traffic my data. I’m going to have to do more research on each of these items again and figure them out. Any good resources you know of?

So you’re suggesting that I not set this up on the same VPS I have my nextcloud instance on, then? That makes sense. Would I basically need two completely different VPS services if I wanted to do this? One for my private services, and one for my communication services?

My main thinking is that I don’t know what I’m doing, and I don’t want to unnecessarily open myself up to threats.

As an example, many people will post their personal information on social media. They think ‘why not? What harm can it do when I talk about my favorite teacher, or the street I grew up on, or my first date? What harm can that do?’ (Not realizing these are common answers to security questions) or ‘Why not talk about my big vacation coming up?’ (Not realizing they’re letting thieves know when their house is going to be vacant) People reveal information about themselves all the time online without a second thought because they can’t personally see the danger. I can’t personally see a problem with using my domain in this way, but I would prefer to check with those more experienced than me before I learn the hard way that I made a bad choice.

I hope that makes sense, and I appreciate any expertise you offer.