@failedLyndonLaRouchite @Gargron @stux
A small Fediverse server costs about US$10 a month to run, including a managed hosting service that does all the techy stuff for you. I run a site all about helping non-tech people set up their own servers via managed hosting at https://growyourown.services
If it is important to you to run your own server, it is possible.
If you want to control your own server but you don't want to pay for it, then you will have problems because they cost money to run.