I’m not entirely sure how to ask this, but is there some way for a Mastodon server to host only its own content while being accessible to others?
If I understood the basics of Mastodon correctly, one Mastodon server will automatically download content from another if they are federated.
That obviously leaves the potential of downloading illegal content from a rogue or unmanaged server, which may be a liability for server owners. Of course - you can defederate but I imagine that certain entities that focus on publishing information would rather not have to deal with constant moderation.
Thus, would it be possible for a server to never download from any other server (federated or not) but have its content available to any servers that federate with it? Does a feature like this exist?
I think your server will only download content if one of your users views/subscribes to it, so maybe you could disable signups so that you’re the only user on your server? This would still allow users on other servers to subscribe to your communities.