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Although, when people start seeing budgets of $30+ million, they often get more interested in the money than the principles. I find it astonishing, as somebody who can barely use 5% of the functions on my doohickey gadgets, how Mastodon is held together by goodwill and string. The trade off from that is that we must accept what people can afford to do for us with their time and efforts. 3 comments
Refuse to accept what? That we should be grateful to those currently keeping Mastodon afloat? If you have a way to prioritise and shortcut improvements to safety and onboarding, that's wonderful. Truly. Get going, and I'm in awe of your talents. But for the vast majority of users, there are two gripes - what Mastodon *isn't* providing, and the ridiculous amount of gatekeeping within the system. Both are off-putting. For the former, most of us can't fix that.  Fair question! So I'll answer it. I refuse to accept that people who work on Fediverse trust & safety full time should have to be inches from financial disaster all the time. As an industry we have to find other ways to pay for stuff. Some Fedi people are so anti-VC and anti-capitalist, that they become anti-commerce, and anti-paying people for their labor. Paying people for their labor is not bad. It's good actually. |
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@Badgardener @thisismissem
Nope.
I refuse to accept that.
We will find a way to pay for Mastodon development. We should also be able to prioritize safety and user experience features.
An open source app I highlight is Inkscape. Yes, it's an open source app. But they *obsess* about user experience. Read the release notes for Inkscape 1.3. seriously. Read it.
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.3
Fight giants. Even BlueSky is punching up at Twitter. $30MM vs $50B+. More than 2 orders of magnitude.
@Badgardener @thisismissem
Nope.
I refuse to accept that.
We will find a way to pay for Mastodon development. We should also be able to prioritize safety and user experience features.
An open source app I highlight is Inkscape. Yes, it's an open source app. But they *obsess* about user experience. Read the release notes for Inkscape 1.3. seriously. Read it.