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   mrkreuzer (mrkreuzer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 19:03:43 JST mrkreuzer

   • dansup

   @dansup please don’t get this the wrong way i love what you are doing. How are you ensuring that pixelfed’s fate does not rely on you being a bro but actually is a structure and organization that steers towards good even if you (hypothetically) had a meltdown, inflating ego or became greedy?

   Again, love your work - just seeing more and more posts of yours that seem to put more the spotlight on you than the platform (which is legit, nothing wrong with that).

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     The Nexus of Privacy (thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 17:30:43 JST The Nexus of Privacy

     • dansup

     @dansup I certainly agree that developers like you have a big role to play in helping the fediverse accelerate privacy and safety features.

     With Pixelfed's momentum you have some great opportunities to show leadership here by prioritizing safety.

     • as a coder, lead by example. Implemement moderation roles and a dashboard. Prioritize fixing open safety- and moderation-related bugs.

     • as somebody who's started an initiative that's getting funding, you can be a role model by diverting a lot of it to moderators on pixelfed.social and other instances you run, moderators in the community, and safety-focused developers in the Pixelfed and the broader fediverse communities.

     Those are only a couple of ideas, there are other ways as well.

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     jandi (jandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 17:52:23 JST jandi

     • dansup
     • The Nexus of Privacy

     @dansup @thenexusofprivacy Yes! Dan, you're doing an amazing job, foster your community, we're stronger together.

     I was hoping for this exact response, and so I'm doing a little silly dance in your honor, godspeed!

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     The Nexus of Privacy (thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 18:40:49 JST The Nexus of Privacy

     • dansup

     @dansup It's the classic "good problem to have but still a problem." With the growth rates of pixelfed.social and Pixelfed in general -- as well as Loops -- I can certainly see why you're feeling like you're in over your head.

     So my advice in general is to prioritize safety and moderation even if it means doing less. Defer UX improvements and maybe even onboarding until you've made progress on safety. Close registration on pixelfed.social until you have a mod team in place and a path to paying them that makes it sustainable. Like I said in another thread, the opportunity won't go away.