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Mikaleb

@Aphrodite @acs @elduvelle @pixelfed making the platform non free is a tad antidémocratic don't you think?

21 January at 12:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Aphrodite ☑️ :boost_ok:

@Mikaleb @acs @elduvelle @pixelfed

I support my admins.

I chip in €20 every few months to help with ops and upkeep.

Not everyone does.

Not everyone is expected to.

That’s democratic.

If next week I were to kick in €10k, I would be doing so only to help those who can’t contribute to the care and feeding of my instance. That’s democratic.

If I kicked in €10k so that my voice would be amplified and so that I could control what others see, that’s authoritarian.

21 January at 12:46 | Open on chaos.social
Mikaleb

@Aphrodite @acs @elduvelle @pixelfed but if you exclude de facto people who can't pay, you eliminate their voice. That's why my original take was that if participating is not enough, random ads can be good enough, solving the funding problem and the targeted ads

21 January at 12:48 | Open on mastodon.social
El Duvelle

@Mikaleb Nobody said those who can't pay are excluded... You pay if you can

@Aphrodite @acs @pixelfed

21 January at 12:50 | Open on neuromatch.social
Scratchy

@Mikaleb
Thank you. I appreciate you stepping up. I try to be consistent with Mother Jones and Wikipedia. All of this commotion highlights my means and the choices I have to make everyday. Vulture capitalists' have so much privilege they waste it on renaming landmarks and idle threats confused with NOT-so-idle-threats. The cost of doing business.

I feel like chump change for their coffers.

So thanks. This platform matters to me.

21 January at 13:25 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org
Aphrodite ☑️ :boost_ok:

@Mikaleb @acs @elduvelle @pixelfed

Where did I say that anyone was excluded?

Don’t put words in my mouth. And don’t read words that aren’t there.

21 January at 14:54 | Open on chaos.social
EaterOfSnacks

@Mikaleb @Aphrodite @acs @elduvelle @pixelfed I can't pay at the moment and nobody makes me feel excluded. I'll pay when I can.

21 January at 19:43 | Open on tilde.zone
Aphrodite ☑️ :boost_ok:
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