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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 22:53:30 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   • Emelia 👸🏻

   @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.

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     Emelia 👸🏻 (thisismissem@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 23:10:22 JST Emelia 👸🏻

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     @mekkaokereke @Badgardener we should refuse to accept that.

     But the reality right now is projects are underfunded. I've heard of at least a few that may need to shutdown within the next 6-12 months unless they can attract funding.

     For 5 engineers in Europe, you're looking at a burn rate of at least €30,000 a month (that's €60-72k salaries), then there's operating expenses, taxes, server/infrastructure costs on top.

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     Nemo (iinavpov@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 05:52:49 JST Nemo

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     • Emelia 👸🏻

     @mekkaokereke
     Some open source projects are very much about the users. Inkscape, Krita, kdenlive, many others.

     Mastodon, I think, is a bit of a social experiment based in part on false beliefs (quote posts..., CWs)

     It's not meant to be a platform from which you can do business, or some activism types.

     Not yet.

     It will happen, it will be slow, but open source projects are forever.

     @Badgardener @thisismissem

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 05:52:49 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Emelia 👸🏻
     • Nemo

     @iinavpov @Badgardener @thisismissem

     Open source is forever!

     🤔Except left pad....

     🤔And maybe WordPress...

     Wait...

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     Nemo (iinavpov@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 06:01:02 JST Nemo

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     • Emelia 👸🏻

     @mekkaokereke
     I genuinely don't know left pad.

     WordPress, yeah, good point.

     Governance matters.

     @Badgardener @thisismissem

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 06:01:02 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Emelia 👸🏻
     • Nemo

     @iinavpov @Badgardener @thisismissem

     Oh Left Pad was so much fun!

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident

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     Jürgen Hubert (juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 13:30:32 JST Jürgen Hubert

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     • Emelia 👸🏻

     @mekkaokereke @Badgardener @thisismissem I am a fairly heavy user of Inkscape for my hobby projects (mostly fantasy cartography), and this is a good model to use.