As I've said before, it "hits different" when someone complains about a lack of features in "this place" when the meaning of "this place" is extremely subjective depending on (but not limited to):

A: The server you're on
B: Who you follow (your 'feed')

and when you also importantly realize

C: No one is paying for this shit

Okay, people are paying a little for this. But no one is getting rich off of their work for the fediverse.

At this point, I'm increasingly thinking my hope to be employed fulltime building stuff for the fedi is a pipedream--and that I might be taking up income better directed at minorities who aren't white dudes with a corporate job waiting for them a phone call away.

But I'm trying to see if I can make this work, but I'm going to have to hustle at a level never hustled before if I want to make that happen--and I probably can't.

In the end, what will most likely happen, for me, is that I go back to work at a 9-5 remote job and I code for a salary and get my health insurance (a critical concern for Americans).... and then write code for this space "on the side", little by little. When I have time and feel like coding more than 35 hours in a week.

That's literally the dilemma for a lot of people, and a lot of people don't have the spoons/desire to work a second fulltime job doing the same work they are doing in their primary fulltime job.

Like you have to love coding to do that. And I don't think it's sustainable.

More thoughts later.