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   Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:18:34 JST Ro

   Ok, I said I would do it, and here it is.
   
   I want #Fipamo and #TheBadSpace to be viable mainstays in the fediverse ecosystem, and to get them where they need to be, I need some help to get them up to snuff.
   
   Because I believe the fedi can be a fantastic place. And I want to make a direct contribution to making this space better.
   
   Spread this around. It's time to get to work.
   
   https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:18:33 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @Are0h what is it tho?
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     Doc (d0c40r0@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:49 JST Doc

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     • Nigbot
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     • Jello
     sentient
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     Jello (jello@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:50 JST Jello

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     @Twoinchdestroya @d0c40r0 @Are0h lol tbh if a nigga saw a wheel for the first time they would probably run away
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     Nigbot (nice-nigger@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:50 JST Nigbot

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     muh ansessahs built da pyrmids cuh mf flyin rectangles n sheit :calvin_hobbs_sled:
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     Twoinchdestroya (twoinchdestroya@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:51 JST Twoinchdestroya

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     @d0c40r0 @Are0h I wish niggers were better, but 10,000 years of human expansion has shown otherwise.

     They can’t even make a wheel

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     Twoinchdestroya (twoinchdestroya@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:52 JST Twoinchdestroya

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     • Doc

     @d0c40r0 @Are0h What can you expect from an ape?

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     Doc (d0c40r0@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:52 JST Doc

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     • Twoinchdestroya
     idk man but I’d hope the bar was a little higher
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     Doc (d0c40r0@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:53:53 JST Doc

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     mate your bad space website is damn near unusable on mobile, fix your gay nigger programming
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     nolasco (nolasco@iddqd.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 03:00:11 JST nolasco

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     OH BOY YOU'VE DONE IT NOW YOU'RE ON MY NAUGHTY LIST I'M GONNA BLOCK YOU NIGGERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
     
     What is it with this braindead design and that goal of begging for $40k LOL what a fucking shitty grift
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:26:27 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Eric Zhang
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     $20,000 is for his living and “travel” expenses for 4 months.
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:26:28 JST meso

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     @EricZhang456 @Are0h >$40,000
     drooling right now
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     Eric Zhang (ericzhang456@pl.starnix.network)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:26:29 JST Eric Zhang

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     @Are0h

     $513 USD raised of $40,000 goal

     close enough

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:32:23 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • meso
     Oh and btw the project is to add activitypub support for his pos blog thing. It’s a complete grift and there is a zero percent chance of it happening.
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     Eric Zhang (ericzhang456@pl.starnix.network)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:36:58 JST Eric Zhang

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     @bot @meso @Are0h the best part is that he needs 40k for this
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 08:37:21 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Eric Zhang
     • meso
     I wish I could interview the ppl donating to this, they must be complete retards.
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 10:08:32 JST 7666

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     @Are0h $40k for "please buy me food and let me be a glorified project manager and purchase an overpriced server for my low traffic wordpress/drupal replacement and malicious shitlist website"
     
     very on brand
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 10:08:43 JST 7666

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     @Kangar00 @Are0h you're free to piss your own money away if you want
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     A Kangar00 (kangar00@toot.community)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 10:08:44 JST A Kangar00

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     @7666 @Are0h aaaand more butthurt.

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 01:06:22 JST Ro

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     As of this morning, the fund has hit $1853/40k.
     
     I will be very honest, and I am surprised and humbled that the campaign to get resources for #Fipamo and #TheBadSpace has started this strongly.
     
     I'm feeling many emotions right now because of this, but it makes me feel like many more people than I thought to believe the fedi can be a transformative place.
     
     It's only been one day, but I feel like we can do this and set an entirely new precedent for what we can accomplish if we pull together.
     
     Thanks, y'all, and let's keep it going.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2023 03:58:59 JST Ro

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     Just dropping in for a quick update, but the fund stands at just about $3.5k/40k, inching ever so closer to the 10% mark, which would be a fantastic start in the first week. Let's get to that before the weekend!
     
     And I love the comments people are leaving. Of course, it's not a requirement, but I appreciate the support and encouragement people drop.
     
     It means a ton to see that people believe in my work and my ability to accomplish it.
     
     A. Ton.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2023 03:59:00 JST Ro

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     I will be in and out for the next few days while I ramp up planning and development, but the fund hit just over 3k yesterday, which means I'm very close to hitting 10% in the first three days. Wow.
     
     The support and kind words have far outnumbered the hostile harassment I've been getting, so I'm inspired and motivated to put my head down and build.
     
     Thank you to everyone who has given and been supportive of the work I'm doing and what I'm going to accomplish.
     
     This is turning into an extraordinary moment in the history of the fedi. Let's keep it going. This could be the moment we talk about years from now.
     
     LOL, yeah, I'm pretty pumped.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:26 JST Ro

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     Next week will be officially a month since I started the fund, and currently, it sits at roughly $300, away from 8k, which would be 20%. Not bad for the first few weeks.
     
     I can say it's been a massive help because it's already allowed me to find some stability so I can get caught up on what's been done, do some much-needed planning, and build the infrastructure I need to sustain long-term development.
     
     Ha, people have been hurling suggestions and me for #TheBadSpace, which I really appreciate. I'm excited about it too. And I've gotten back to work on #Fipamo, with the next update being a significant accessibility upgrade.
     
     There's so much to do, but for the first time in a long time, I feel I'll have the mental space and time to sit and work to push both projects forward at a steady clip.
     
     And if it's like this at 20%, I'm pretty excited about what it will be like at 40%, 60%, and so on.
     
     I set a goal of getting both projects out of beta by the end of the year, but if this pace holds, I might be able to do that even sooner.
     
     Ha, I haven't been this excited about building in a long time.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:27 JST Ro

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     It's been a slow week for the fund, but that's to be expected because we all got lives, right? Sometimes, the pace is just going to relax a bit.
     
     It currently sits at 6k of 40k after about three weeks, which has been a great start, but we have a long way to go.
     
     I knew coming in, this was going to be a long process of overcoming my self-doubt and people trying to stop the fedi from progressing in a way that makes us safer.
     
     But I'm in this. I'm going to keep working until we have a better option. Because if this week has revealed anything, it's that the fedi desperately needs more options to prioritize our safety and agency as people over features that only impress a handful of people.
     
     So let's keep pushing. We're building something new, brick by brick. It's gonna take time, but we're gonna get there.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:29 JST Ro

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     Yesterday marked two weeks since the fund started, and it currently sits at a bit over 6k/40k with 104 souls donating to the development of #Fipamo and #TheBadSpace.
     
     It's already been a lot in these first 15 days, but if you told me I'd be sitting at 15% funded, I probably wouldn't have believed you.
     
     And yeah, I've been getting a lot of hate from people who, well, don't like me because I'm not patient and understanding about harassment and abuse. Still, I can honestly say that has been in the minority, and the majority of responses have been enthusiastically positive and supportive.
     
     As many know, I have a complicated history in the fedi, and I wonder if the posture of it has changed in a way where it's more welcoming to folks like me.
     
     But I can say it's fucking trying. And for me, that effort is everything.
     
     And all we really need is a group of steady folks to keep shifting that needle.
     
     I really dig how this is shaping up.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:31 JST Ro

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     Just stopping in for a quick update on the fund, which is still slowly but surely moving forward at a little over $5k/$40k from 85 lovely people who want to see a sustainable fedi.
     
     Let's see if we can hit 100 contributors by the weekend. Ha, I like nice round numbers.
     
     And as expected, I've been getting a good amount of trolling from people who feel I don't 'deserve' funding for various reasons they want to fabricate, but I've made the decision to not even pay attention to it and focus on the work.
     
     The fact they can't just leave me alone highlights how some people on the fedi simply don't want this to be a better place and will engage in any bad faith, underhanded, and quite frankly racist tactics to keep this place from progressing so it remains a domain that favors bigots.
     
     Every cent that I get in my fund is a declaration that we do not want that kind of environment.
     
     It says we want an independent sustainable, and equitable place for all.
     
     And we're pushing forward. Together.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:33 JST Ro

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     What up, beautiful people. I'm not gonna be around much for the next week or two because I have a million things on my to-do list, but I'm very happy to say the fund hit 10% over the weekend and is pushing past it, standing currently at $4504/40k.
     
     Ha, if y'all get it to 20% by this coming weekend, I'm going to LOSE IT LOL! So keep it pushing. It's going to be a process to hit the goal, but every bit counts.
     
     I'll start posting updates as soon as there is stuff to share, so hang tight.
     
     Ok, back to it.
     
     TALK SOON!
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 06:11:34 JST Ro

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     It's been a very eventful week as the weekend closes in, and the fund is a little over 200 bones away from hitting 10%, which has been a fantastic start.
     
     The fedi has me believing we might pull this off.
     
     And I very much appreciate all the lovely people that have hit me up privately to offer their skills to help with the various tasks of building out #Fipamo and #TheBadSpace. Ha, trust me when I say I'm going to need it.
     
     It will take a village to get this done, but I'm looking forward to that part. Because the fun part is going to be the journey.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:20:02 JST Ro

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     So, the fund is still creeping ahead slowly, but I feel I need to post about it more because, to be quite honest, I've been off and on here while I work and haven't talked about it much, so I need to get back to making sure it stays visible for the duration of the campaign.
     
     Maintaining a presence here while I work has been a challenge because when I get into my creative mode, my focus becomes laser-sharp to stay in that space when I'm building. But now that a significant part of #TheBadSpace's new foundation is in place, I feel better about discussing it publicly.
     
     The fund so far has enabled me to carve out space mentally to focus on pushing it forward in a significant way, and I'm banking on it to keep progressing so I can bring the same energy to #Fipamo when The Bad Space gets to a solid place.
     
     I plan to keep working through the fall to get these projects where they need to be, so trust me when I say every single cent in the fund goes a long way in helping me maintain a steady space.
     
     A big thank you to everyone who's contributed so far, and I know we'll hit that goal. It will be a challenging climb, but we're in it together, and I can't think of another place I'd rather be right now,
     
     wink

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:20:03 JST Ro

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     Whew, I haven't talked about the fund in a couple of weeks(what is time??), so currently, it stands at a little over 20% as we enter the last week of August.
     
     I will keep pushing with #TheBadSpace and #Fipamo straight into the fall, so it would be great to get the fund to 25% before September hits. I'll even make a vid talking about what's going on when we hit that milestone.
     
     From a work standpoint, everything is progressing well, with the Bad Space being the focus of the next couple of weeks as I roll out a big upgrade to the service. After I get that situated, I'll take a water break and roll right into Fipamo for most of September.
     
     The contributions I've gotten to this point have allowed me to focus my time on planning and building, for which I am extremely grateful.
     
     I want to keep that trend going for the rest of the year to get these projects out of the door and into the hands of the good people of the fedi, so let's keep pushing. Every contribution, large and small, helps to keep the momentum going.
     
     So, let's keep it going, one step at a time.

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     Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:20:04 JST Ro

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     Hey beautiful people. I've been incommunicado this week as I get back into my workflow, and I will most likely continue to be in and out for a bit as I get into my rhythm.
     
     The fund still stands a bit below 20%, which is good considering yesterday was the one-month mark since it started. It has been slow as of late, but I've been greatly encouraged to keep pushing by the response in the first few weeks. I know it will be a long-term effort, but I'm not going anywhere.
     
     Also, #TheBadSpace is about to get a major facelift, so I'll make that repo public today or tomorrow so everyone can check out the direction it's going in.
     
     Ha, is there a lot of stuff going on? Absolutely. But I'm finding my pace amid all of it, and it feels GREAT.
     
     Whew, ok, talk soon.
     
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media