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   Emelia 👸🏻 (thisismissem@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 06:25:27 JST Emelia 👸🏻

   The Fediverse has a Mental Health problem:

   https://medium.com/@thisismissem/the-fediverse-has-a-mental-health-problem-4cb4845dfee1

   (Please do not reply directly to this post, use the hashtag #FediverseMentalHealth instead, thanks!)

   #Fediverse #MentalHealth #FediAdmin #FediverseMentalHealth

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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 07:04:17 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @thisismissem

     Regarding:

     "We need to address the funding shortages that cause extreme financial stress on the people critical to building the software that powers the fediverse."

     "Perhaps this is where VCs and large for-profits can step up?"

     FWIW, #SpaceHost will be giving a portion of our net revenue to the developers who create the Fediverse software we are hosting — on an ongoing basis.

     https://mastodon.social/@reiver/109826786255742982

     https://mastodon.social/@reiver/109826823571295020

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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 07:07:58 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @thisismissem

     For example —

     If someone hosts a #Pixelfed instance with #SpaceHost — #SpaceHost will give a portion of the net revenue to the Pixelfed developer(s) on an ongoing basis.

     If someone hosts a #Firefish instance with #SpaceHost — #SpaceHost will give a portion of the net revenue to the Firefish developer(s) on an ongoing basis.

     If someone hosts a #Lemmy instance with #SpaceHost — #SpaceHost will give a portion of the net revenue to the Lemmy developer(s) on an ongoing basis.

     Etc.

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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 07:10:33 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @thisismissem

     We are also in the middle of creating something to help financially support the people who operate Fediverse server instances.

     ...

     We want the Fediverse to continue to exist, we want it to grow, and we want it to stay decentralized.

     And we know that for that to happen, the Fediverse needs to be economically viable for the people who make it exist.

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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 07:13:25 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @thisismissem

     I was writing open-source software BEFORE the label "open-source" became common.

     I've seen why open-source projects die —

     I think we (the Fediverse community) can address many of those reasons.

     And do it in a way that are consistent with our values.

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     kryvyifedir (kryvyifedir@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 08:21:40 JST kryvyifedir

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     • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     @reiver @thisismissem so why do the open-source projects die in your opinion?

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     Emelia 👸🏻 (thisismissem@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 08:59:07 JST Emelia 👸🏻

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     Just added this edit to that article after a walk and some food. In some ways, I don't think this should need to be said, but also, I think really does need to be said.

     Please don't @ me, I promise I'm not attacking you. If you do think/feel that this could be about you, maybe just quietly commit to doing better?

     #FediverseMentalHealth

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     Emelia 👸🏻 (thisismissem@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 09:31:40 JST Emelia 👸🏻

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     Keep me working on the Fediverse!

     https://ko-fi.com/thisismissem/goal?g=4

     I'll have a piece written soon that'll explain all the different things I'm working on, as a lot of it isn't necessarily visible to most people.