Notices by Danielle (violetathena@mastodonapp.uk)

@aral the masses flock to entertainment sometimes to their detriment since Ancient Rome. Blaming people for doing what humans do is extremely unproductive. The truth is that there’s no viable alternative atm that provides entertainment without exploitation. And no OSS platforms are quite obviously not a real answer at this stage.

@mala @NGIZero @kevinteljeur @aral @Gargron usually the way this is done for others things in the public interest is that the funding is allocated to an agency and then the agency will set criteria. For examples a film grant In cinematography will be based on the cinematographic qualities of the project, not necessarily the story or anything else.

@kevinteljeur @aral @Gargron @NGIZero unfortunately, I can’t really see how public funding can be doled out in a non-bureaucratic fashion. Taxpayers are generally very weary of how their money are spent and require assurances. This is why so many NGOs are focused on providing help with the bureaucracy 🫤

@Gargron @aral @NGIZero ha, didn’t know that. This is where I got this from:

@aral the original project received funding from the EU. I think there should be a permanent fund for open source projects #EU