@dansup @pixelfed I can understand how that feels. On the other hand there is a clear message that is positive and motivating:

- people like pixelfeed
- people want to use pixelfeed

I understood the user as someone who wants to use pixelfeed without having too invest a lot of time into maintaining an instance. Which is understandable. I love to tinker with IT. Yet for important stuff (e.g. mail) I am very conservative and still use dovecot and postfix. I use them because they are low maintenance and high stability.

If I would have a lot of pics that would hold the same value for me, then I would also choose a „stable“ system for „production“ use.

Long story short: I would read that message not as a complaint but as a message telling me that people *want it for the things that are important to them*.

@dansup @pixelfed looks to me like somebody (not you) doesn't understand how beta is supposed to work.
You release, we try, we feedback, you work on what we've reported, you release. Repeat That's what you're doing here.
Now onto paying for it. We're not paying for you to get this out of beta, we're supporting the work you have and will do to keep this going after that too.

Every dollar given is someone saying: this is worth supporting.