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   Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 23:09:57 JST Molly Cantrell-Kraig

   🧵 Rant incoming: This morning, I saw yet again a message of “don't sell stuff on the Fedi or I'll block you.” The pervasive mood of the “silence brand” GIF is embedded in the culture here. I get it. I was on the internet in 1994. I witnessed the influx of monetization as broadcast got wise to the power of social media. But if you (the Royal You) do not support independent/small businesses on platforms like this, we cannot hope to fund the causes that are vital to a thriving, global society 1/3

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     Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 23:22:21 JST Molly Cantrell-Kraig

     • Chris Wiegman

     @chris I saw it when I established a nonprofit. There are many people who want help but assume that the mechanism for providing it is magic beans and unicorn farts. It's exhausting. I liquified my savings and retirement to provide cars to women and funding the overhead for the organization. It was a painful financial lesson I refuse to repeat.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:36:52 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Dan O'Ginnec

     @DanKen @mckra1g the Fediverse is made for whatever people want to talk about.

     If someone is talking about things you're not interested in, you can filter, unfollow and block.

     If you think what they're doing breaks your server rules or theirs, you can report them.

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     Dan O'Ginnec (danken@hessen.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:36:53 JST Dan O'Ginnec

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     @mckra1g Best wishes for your business :)

     But actually i have no use for Advertisments from Chicago, i live in Germany. For strange reasons, i saw your post in my Timeline.

     Mastodon isn't made for Ads, i think.

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     Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:36:54 JST Molly Cantrell-Kraig

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     I live 20 minutes from one of the largest airports in the world. When it comes time for me to subsidize ppl who need to evacuate from autocratic states (it pains me to even think of this being a reality in the US), if I have only $1,000 & have to choose btwn paying my rent or contributing to a GoFundMe to help someone else, rent is my priority. Having disposable income comes from ppl hiring me/others like me. Disposable income allows me to support others. This is what mutual aid looks like. 2/3

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     Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:36:54 JST Molly Cantrell-Kraig

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     Because I lived as a single mom on welfare, & have been a start up in a huge city, I know how to live on $40K a year — relative peanuts based on the cost of living in Chicago. Because I'm a small business, I don't need 100s of clients. Ten corporate clients/yr & 60 private clients would provide enough income to support our business (I have a business partner now), keep a roof over my head, & allow me to invest in others.

     End rant. 3/3

     P.S. Learn how to hire me: email hello@meetfutureu.com

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:43:31 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @mckra1g I'm sorry to hear this.

     Please understand that building an audience on the Fediverse is just like any other social network; some people will love you, some people will hate you, and most will ignore you.

     But nobody speaks for the whole Fediverse. There are millions of people here on dozens of platforms. If someone tries to impose some implied rules on you that don't reflect your server's requirements, ignore or block.

     Thanks for sharing your experience. It was worth a follow!

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 06:07:30 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @mckra1g I think I wasn't clear. What I meant was, when people say things like, "This doesn't belong on the Fediverse", they are full of it. They have no mandate to say that. They can say, "This doesn't belong in my feed" or "This doesn't belong on our server", but nobody gets to decide what's on the Fediverse.

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     Molly Cantrell-Kraig (mckra1g@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 06:07:31 JST Molly Cantrell-Kraig

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan

     You're welcome, and thanks for taking the time to respond. Having spent 30+ years in media (beginning with Time Warner on their digital products in the 1990s), I'm conversant with the nature of online communities. My rant was made as means to call attention to an opportunity for change, to support other creators who may not have the platform I do, and to generate solutions.