FBXL Social

Shoot me a dm if you'd like an account and I'll happily make one. Presently I have new registrations disabled, but I'm not opposed to new users.

And yes, the firehose of free speech needs some thick skin because you'll definitely see stuff you don't like no matter where you stand politically lol

I personally recommend it. It's not as hard as you'd think as long as you choose software with good install instructions, and you get the freedom of having your instance however you want it.

If you've got a dedicated server and a domain name, you can also run a variety of services which is really nice. Nextcloud has been a versatile tool I use for a variety of things, and it just sits next to the other services running off a subdomain.