Notices by Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com), page 3

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

I think a lot of men need to learn that responding like a bigoted asshole when you're being accused of misogynistic behavior affirms the assumption that it is correct.

No, this doesn't mean taking someone's shit because they feel like giving it to you, but when you resort to historically sexist contextualizations to 'prove' the accusation is false, you're doing the opposite.

Is it always fair? No. Does it feel great to have someone accuse you of that? No, it sucks.

But you have to realize many men are garbage in our society because of the unfair and unearned advantage we are given through sexism and misogyny.

And let's keep it a buck. If you grew up in Western culture, you're a sexist unless you've done considerable work to unlearn that bias because that is what we are taught from birth.

If you're not a sexist prick, you must engage with that history and let people see you are not. You have to show people you can engage with women from a place of fairness and empathy.

Some will respect this, and some won't because people are people, but we as dudes have to think about what kind of person we want to be in the world, not just what we appear or perform to be.

As a man, you have to figure out who you are outside of sexism.

@koosli@aus.social Ha, they do get quite nasty, don't they?

Have you noticed almost everyone strongly against defederation as a management and safety tool also has a problem with consent and boundaries?

It's always amusing how people say my views on moderation and federation create an ideological bubble.

Bro, have you seen my timeline on a daily basis?

I talk to amazing people from all over the planet from every kind of identity, sexuality, and ethnic background you can imagine.

I have compelling convos with so many people who do not think like me regularly that I've just gotten used to having my worldview in constant flux.

If being in bubble means being part of an international community of brilliant, weird, engaging, and beautiful people from any identity one can conjure and some you can't, ha, then yes, I'm in a bubble.

It's fun here.

Even after all these years, the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack is still a masterpiece.

Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts gave the world a gift with that project.

#TheBadSpace wasn't created for some personal vendetta against whomever.

It was created to identify sources of harm and people that cannot stay out of our communities and are constantly trying to instigate confrontations to push us off the fedi.

It was created to organize our efforts and create a systemic solution to systematic hate-based harassment and abuse.

Even though it's in its early stages, it's working because we are talking and sharing information about where the abuse is coming from.

And the sources of harm on the fedi did not anticipate that.

I remember joining the fedi back in the day and immediately noticing how hateful it was, so I talked about it.

The popular response was, 'Then start your server and leave.' Ha, so I did. I started Play Vicious.

And those same people who told me to do my own thing harassed us to such an extent my team didn't want to do it anymore.

Those same people are now bitterly complaining about defederation.

It's not about blocklists and defederation. It's about control. They want to solely influence who does and doesn't get to be in this place.

PV was a gear in the works because they didn't want Black and Brown folks here, so it pissed off many people that it became popular.

Because it proved, the fedi could be more than a white utopia. It proved the fedi wanted to be more than that.

And as bigots are, they've never let that go.

If bigots on the fedi truly believed their communities were superior, they wouldn't be banging on our doors trying to bully us into not blocking them en masse.

They know without the ability to harass us, they would just turn on each other.

The anti-defederation crowd is just the fedi's version of gamer gate.

@GordonIsenburg@mastodon.social I reject the premise bigotry is a result of mental unwellness.

Some people are just evil.

Most bigots don't use slurs.

But they will harass you for no reason.

They will disregard your boundaries.

They will sea lion you for info that is easy to find.

They will attempt to insult you but call it a 'joke' and blame you for being 'too sensitive.'

They will invite their friends to dogpile and flood your timeline with nonsense.

They will gaslight and try to make you believe what you're seeing/feeling isn't real.

But most will not use slurs because they know that's what most people are looking for.

Pay attention to behavior. Using slurs is just the tip of the tip of the iceberg when it comes to identifying hateful people.

@Eramdam@octodon.social Meanwhile, I'm here with the resume, portfolio, and contacts of someone that's been doing this for a long time.

Making software that your bigot friends like doesn't count as good software.

They just want it to because they can't do anything else.

@Byte@rage.love That's all it is. All of the 'issues' they talk about are just part of the process. I just have the confidence to do it out in the open because I know I'll get it right eventually, and I don't mind constructive criticism.

They just want to be racist assholes because they can't do what I have a history of doing.

@BrentInMasto@mastodon.coffee A lot of really smart people struggle to get by because their ideas are brilliant but not popular.

A lot.

@BrentInMasto@mastodon.coffee I am anti-capitalist because what you describe is a function of capitalism.

I don't mind commerce because the exchange of goods and services has been here since the dawn of humanity.

But capitalism rigs the game so people that don't contribute anything reap most of the rewards.

And that's not right.

@BrentInMasto@mastodon.coffee And Captain America didn't have to worry about funding...

@BrentInMasto@mastodon.coffee Yo, they are literally making up reasons to harass and hate me.

They have created a version of me that does not exist to justify their constant racist behavior.

I can handle criticism because that's how you improve as a maker.

But a scam artist?

Yeah, now we got a problem. Because you're not even talking about the work.

You're just trying to harm me.

And I punch people in the face for that.

@weirdwriter@tweesecake.social Nah, it's still going.

And I'm going to rub every dollar in their smug bitch ass faces.

Because fuck them.

They can't compete so they slander and lie.

@weirdwriter@tweesecake.social And they just can't leave it be.

They are enraged people see through their bullshit and support what I'm saying and doing.

They constantly include me in their conversation but accuse me of slander??

That's just straight-up delusional. Their hatred of me is completely and utterly nonsensical.