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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 09:51:42 JST Eugen Rochko

   Mastodon is financed by crowdfunding instead of venture capital not because we don't know that venture capital exists, not because we don't have bills to pay, and not because venture capital isn't willing to give money to new social media platforms. VCs don't want a sustainable business, they want a big exit. Every VC-backed business is on a timer to deliver or die.

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   • Wayne Myers (conniptions@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 10:00:51 JST Wayne Myers

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     @Gargron To deliver *money*, and *not* the actual thing it was supposed to deliver. They should call it 'PC', not 'VC'. Poisoned Chalice.

   • Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (lazarou@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 10:10:17 JST Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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     @Gargron I'm tired of the Capitalism, I'm staying here on Mastodon with the Humans, for all their faults.

   • Amrita (amr1ta@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 10:31:56 JST Amrita

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     @Gargron who! Wondering what prompted this line of defence?

   • Wysteria (wysteriary@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 11:02:07 JST Wysteria

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     @Gargron The Matrix ecosystem is still doing pretty well for itself despite Element being a VC-funded organization. I think you'd be surprised.

   • Mister Wanko (misterwanko@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 11:07:53 JST Mister Wanko

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     @Gargron Let's choose death for them!

   • living man named ❤️:asamour:♥️ (loveenergy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 12:06:52 JST living man named ❤️:asamour:♥️

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     @Gargron if you are willing to convert mastodon project in pure pure pure common law , we could offer opportunity to get all the funds you need to boost mastodon at speed you never expected by pure pure pure common law that permits new high-speed developent

   • Kneworldodor (kneworldodor@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 14:13:59 JST Kneworldodor

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     @Gargron
     I have a Mr Robot condition.
     You write Venture
     I see Vulture

   • Miracles2 (miracles2@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 14:32:53 JST Miracles2

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     @Gargron ok, entonces debemos irnos ?

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 15:00:42 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • The Yangsi Michael Dillon
     • Social Web Foundation

     @anantagd We support the @swf, we're not "in" it (and neither is Meta).

   • The Yangsi Michael Dillon (anantagd@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 15:00:43 JST The Yangsi Michael Dillon

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     @Gargron Yup like getting into a "foundation" with Meta. Got it.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 15:03:11 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • The Yangsi Michael Dillon
     • Social Web Foundation

     @anantagd @swf You're welcome!

   • The Yangsi Michael Dillon (anantagd@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 15:03:12 JST The Yangsi Michael Dillon

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     • Social Web Foundation

     @Gargron @swf whatever. thanks for replying. Obviously an important point that had to be made.

   • Patrick Leavy (patrickleavy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 15:03:26 JST Patrick Leavy

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     @Gargron more precisely "to deliver and then enshittify"

   • Simon W 🙄 🆙 ⚛️ (enmodo@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 16:06:57 JST Simon W 🙄 🆙 ⚛️

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     @Gargron so true - I worked at a VC funded startup and they let it go for two years with no interest in us making revenue. I was told by the founder this was common and gives VCs more leverage later. If you've created something good then you'll need more money to stay in business and they get more equity for continued funding because you're desperate. And if you're mediocre you're never going to be a great exit so they cut their losses and move on.

   • OpenSoul ✅ (opensoul@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 18:07:48 JST OpenSoul ✅

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     @Gargron so true

   • Sherlock Hawk (sherlockhawk@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 19:11:11 JST Sherlock Hawk

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     @Gargron Sorry to bother, but are you planning to release the annual report for 2023. Love the work, keep it up.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 19:46:22 JST Eugen Rochko

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     Side note, if you'd like us to help pay our bills for the 5 full-time employees and a number of freelancers we currently have working on developing Mastodon and bringing you new features, and potentially grow the team to do so even faster, there is a number of ways you can do so outlined on this page: https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

   • Emma A. Hein (emmaahein@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 20:04:31 JST Emma A. Hein

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   • aquarius1842 (aquarius1842@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 20:12:27 JST aquarius1842

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     @Gargron

     - Every VC-backed business is on a timer to deliver or die

   • Dr. Nancy Wayne ✅ (nancylwayne@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 20:12:42 JST Dr. Nancy Wayne ✅

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     @Gargron Just made a donation, on top of my monthly Patreon contribution. Keep up the great work!

   • Greg Johnson (pteranodo@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 20:12:58 JST Greg Johnson

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     @Gargron hi, glad for this service. What is the average cost per user? (Want to check I was at least doing that.)

   • passbolt (passbolt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 20:22:58 JST passbolt

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     @Gargron we just made a donation on github! 🫶

   • notbencarter (notbencarter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 21:09:44 JST notbencarter

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     @Gargron I took the next step this morning and started a (small) monthly donation to support Mastodon’s maintenance and development. Hope progressive nonprofits and candidates will devote even a small portion of their comms budgets to invest in this fundamental, small-d democratic work.

     🙏🤓🙌

     https://bluegrassroots.ninja/home/nonprofits-must-build-social-media-ecosystem-with-their-values

   • martin lentink 🇪🇺 🍋 🟥 (martinlentink@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 22:26:31 JST martin lentink 🇪🇺 🍋 🟥

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     @Gargron Which is why I'm a Patreon, and y'all should be too.

   • Cash app$ (diya2334@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:28:23 JST Cash app$

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   • Oliver Konow 🇪🇺🇮🇳 (okonow@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:54:29 JST Oliver Konow 🇪🇺🇮🇳

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     @Gargron Done, have a nice weekend and greetings from India!

   • Mister Shade (mister_shade02x2@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 01:43:25 JST Mister Shade

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     @Gargron Good to see this place apparently saw Ello was little more than a speed bump and isn’t repeating history.

   • Florprax (florprax@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 04:21:03 JST Florprax

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     @Gargron Appreciated thank you.