@dansup A Kickstarter, that's a great idea!

@dansup 1000% with you! Go Daniel, Go!

@dansup I'm in.

@dansup

Brilliant, Daniel!

Just heard #Pixelfed getting recommended by David on the @waveformpodcast so there may be even more attention soon - hope this will benefit your #Kickstarter campaign!

😃👍

#fediverse #techbros #opensource #foss

@dansup

Who are we : the people
What do we want : democratic social media
When do we want it : NOW !

Doing a good job Daniel, never lose that attitude, never get corrupted.

@dansup for the people not used to this world, wondering why they should trust the word of a man. The detail is in the license. That's the license:

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@dansup
I pray/wish you the highest good in your endeavors.

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And, for those wondering about this, we need to ensure that @dansup (who seems well-meaning but IS human and fallible and will have bills to pay, maybe unexpected big bills one day) isn't tempted by increasing piles of VC cash by ensuring he's not worried about money. By giving him some of our own. It's an investment in keeping VCs away!

@dansup thank you, Daniel. You're doing the right thing!

@dansup ooh, 'Pixelfed Foundation'?

@dansup Registered! Thanks.

@dansup@mastodon.social
Well there's one thing I can respect you for.

@dansup Love your idealism, keep it up 💪

@dansup I saw that disturbing broad loops license where users don't own the content. What's that about?

@dansup I bet their brains broke, whenever I meet with some idiot who thinks everything is for sale I can't help but pity them. They are so poor they only have money and think that is and will be enough.

Poor sad bastards.

@dansup

Good human. But remember that you have a right to a decent living* out of this - don't martyr yourself unnecessarily. And the ability to provide for yourself from this will encourage others to do more of the same: some carrot involved.

(*: housing security, food security, resilience against financial drought, good health care, the ability to both have and enjoy leisure time, provision for comfort in old age, charitable giving as you see fit. Obviously, all else is frippery and non-essential.)

@dansup

"We aim to be the first Fediverse app with a billion people"

I'm supportive of the effort, but this is a bit cringe.

@dansup I seem to be blocked from contributing due to my location, but i’m with you! 🙂

@dansup I can't contribute financially, but I'm a full-stack web developer with experience in both frontend and backend, along with other programming languages. I also have an eye for design. If you ever need an enthusiastic developer who truly admires what you're building, feel free to reach out!

@dansup
I'm in.

@dansup You should send them a link to the kickstarter. If they want to help fund you, they can do it like everyone else.

@dansup @tseitr Yes.

@dansup that sounds familiar. Don't get business cards with "I'm CEO, b*tch." on them, though.

If you decide to go with a German eG, eV (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(Germany) ), Swiss or European equivalent (had a French name, I think) and need people to sign the founding contract, I'd be happy and honored to join.

@dansup imagine you took the offers "to chat" just to troll them lol

@dansup Absolutely. Just deleted my IG so let's do this!

@dansup What ever your kickstarter is offering, I‘m in.

@dansup 👍

@dansup @niklaskorz how about sponsors? Im willing to run some servers but failed to install dependencies on debian. one wants php 8.3 while debian 12 comes with 8.2.

@dansup
I joined today and posted my first picture. I am eternally grateful and will support you (us!) along the way.

@dansup 100% yes!

@dansup
Cool! This is the approach, the best solution.

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@dansup this is really exciting!!!

@dansup Fantastic! I’ve just logged into Kickstarter for the first time in a long, long while and followed your effort. Looking forward to being part of the launch!

@dansup @chad

@dansup you could fork, sell pixelfed and only develop the new fork if the price is right.

@dansup You got it!!

@dansup Just tell the VC's that at this time you're only accepting non-equity investments at a negative rate of return. ;)

@dansup I'm afraid I can't support you until you fix the Loops ToS.

https://bajsicki.com/blog/loops-video-terms/

@dansup you are truly a rare breed. Will definitely be donating once it opens.

@dansup I am in too :)

@dansup does #pixelfed have a Patreon? I’d love to put you guys on my monthly “bills” with the rest of the podcasts support and crack deal… I mean @jerry payments lol

@dansup @pixelfed VC is what led to the demise of Mammoth. The original developer sold it, the new team made changes, and when they tried to monetize for the investors the project died.

@dansup Totally up to you and I can understand if you'd rather not, but it'd be hilarious if you published their identities and pitches.

Might mske them think twice about approaching projects this way in the future.

@dansup must be hard to think of incentives to offer when your code and platform and all its features are free already. I'll Kickstart some merch if you do that, though.

@dansup totally.

@dansup I hope you're extremely proud of the work you've done but I wonder if you can address the disconnect between the Loops TOS and the philosophy you're describing here.

@dansup
Those guys are only gonna buy it then kill it. I've seen it over and over again. Kill the competition, suffocate the innovation and ideas, snuff out the passion. You get paid off, but it's your own end. Keep it like it is now though, and you're a legend.

@dansup "bro", find yourself some humility. "Chats" with VCs are a dime a dozen, and you literally compared yourself to Jobs earlier today. I hope you're going to bring on some actual people with actual ethics to make that ethical development thing happen...

Take it down a notch. The excessive self-promotion and ego is going to be your downfall.

@dansup Question: why a Kickstarter and not something like OpenCollective, which would provide a means for ongoing funding?

@dansup Thank you for sticking to your guns. Keep trudging on, the community has your back.

- A current Instagram user actively seeking an alternative.

@dansup Yeah but u sitll need resources and HQ to operate.
Resources to provide cyber security, social impact and great marketing.
You are too quick to reject VCs which could combine your ideas with a great impact...

@dansup Thank you for your commitment! I'm in!

@dansup we are with you! 💪🏻

@dansup You rock!

@dansup

Consider a 501(c)(3)?

(I know it's probably a pain.)

[Edit: yes, royal PITA. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/11/how-to-form-nonprofit-company.asp ]

@dansup so long as funding is done right. Going with a for profit model I don’t see longevity

@dansup Hell yeah! Count me in!

@dansup Go...Go...GO!!!

@dansup
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍💪

@dansup

But you're passing up the chance to earn billions, perchance, and be as insatiable as muskkk or suckerberg! 😄

@dansup
I opened a Kickstarter account just to support you in your endeavourers.
Always ready to support a fellow Canadian 🇨🇦 who's is doing good for the world. Sadly my donation won't be much ... but every little but helps, right.

@dansup That’s a relief. Good human.

@dansup That's the spirit!

@dansup it’s great to see an Edmontonian doing big things. I can't wait to fund it.

@dansup death to VC!

@dansup What an excellent opportunity to send out F-ing Birds replies and coffee cups.

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@dansup is there a way you're able to create a legal CIC (community interest company) or a cooperative entity to allow community investment and in a way community ownership

@dansup

Way to go! Hero!

@dansup this is a super decision. 🙏

Follow Mastodon's trajectory and opportunity to do one better, where a collective commons helps share the burdens as well as the joys. With community to delegate the chores, and help foster and guarantee pixelfed and loop's long-term sustainably. Increase the bus factor, before you burn out. A single person is not invincible, a united movement might be.

@dansup any plan to shift to a No Profit like Mastodon?

@dansup stay true comrade 💪👏✊

@dansup would you be interested in structuring it as a worker and community cooperative so its literally owned by the maintainers and users?

@dansup

@dansup 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@dansup

If funded, can you tell us who will own the assets to pixelfed and loops?

Who will make day to day decisions about policy and development?

@dansup I hope you double your corporate salary. You’re worth it.

@dansup @codinghorror maybe you've already seen this, but if I think this might interest you.

@dansup

Would be nice to name and shame the jerks that want to enshittify.

@dansup

That is Awesome @dansup

@dansup Of course, I'm in.

@dansup ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@dansup 100%!! Keep up the excellent work 👍

@dansup I feel that part of the money should be used for Personal Protection...

@dansup yes!

@dansup a non-profit organization seems like a great next step

@dansup have you considered making the organisation a co-operative? Users and contributors could become a member for a $/€ and have say in how it's run and the community then owns it. You also have the ability to raise share capital from members (which you can limit so no one has too much stake) to fund the org/project, but every member still only gets one vote, so no one can wield more power over what the project does. You can also put limits on how much share capital can be withdrawn at once, so no one can pull the rug out from under the project either. Just a thought

@dansup 100% with you (and signed up to see what is happening re Kickstarter - Pixelfed & Loops: Authentic Sharing, Reimagined).

@dansup this is the way

@dansup wouldn't a Patreon or such make more sense long-term tho?

Either way, I'm in 😅

@dansup
"Pixelfed, Loops and more" - you're developing something besides Pixelfed and Loops? Wow.

Small grammar mistake on Kickstarter: "Beautiful sharing platforms that puts you first." Either single "platform" or verb in plural "put".

I think it's the first time I read there's a "Pixelfed Foundation". I thought it was mostly just you. And the contact email is a dot com address, instead of using the existing .org domain?

I'm curious about Pixelfed's path forward! Looking forward to it.

@dansup I wonder how many of those VC‘s invest into that opportunity now when then can… ? #sozialstattasozial

@dansup based
I'm poor but I will give you a boost!

@dansup the creator of VLC did the same thing.

@dansup I agree with this but would also look at B Corporations and related concepts too

@dansup any thoughts of photo backup service also?

@dansup

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
— Jules Michelet

#quote

@dansup ❤️❤️❤️

@dansup
Fuck VCs. All of them and their fascist CEOs.

@dansup I wonder if those VCs contributed to the kickstarter... lol no, I don't wonder.

@dansup THANK YOU!!!!

@dansup im contributing something paid day the 3rd. Thanks again!

@dansup tell them to donate to the kickstarter xD

@dansup Amen man. Good on you!

@dansup I’m a graphic designer lmk if you need something!

@dansup This is what integrity looks like if anyone need to know! Keep going, Daniel. 🔥✊

@dansup
keep up the good work Daniel and thank you so much so far. greets to CA

@dansup huge fan of Pixelfed and Loops! Thank you for what you do!

@dansup

https://dansup.com/

@dansup thank you for all the time an effort. People who don't think about profit all the time have become rare.

@dansup 💯

@dansup we are all with you