Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well. For some time, lemmy’s been struggling with donations. For all these years, the lemmy devs, like them or hate them; have been building the software that powers the entirety of the forumverse (that’s what i’m calling it, fuck you) so if you have even a dollar/euro/peso/whatever to give, it would be greatly appreciated (by the lemmy devs, and all instance admins!)
Good day to y’all :D
crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29579005
An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and I work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Unfortunately the amount of donations has decreased to only 2000€ per month. This leaves only 1000€ per developer, which is not enough to pay my bills. With the current level of donations I will be forced to find another job, and drastically reduce my contributions to Lemmy. To avoid this outcome and keep Lemmy growing, I ask you to please make a recurring donation:
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If you want more information before donating, consider the comparison with Reddit. It began as startup funded by rich investors. The site is managed by corporate executives who over time have become more and more disconnected from normal users. Their main goal is to make investors happy and to make a profit. This leads to user-hostile decisions like firing the employee responsible for AMAs, blocking third-party apps and more. As Reddit is a single website under a single authority, it means all users need to follow the same rules, including ridiculous ones like censoring the name “Luigi”.
Lemmy represents a new type of social media which is the complete opposite of Reddit. It is split across many different websites, each with its own rules, and managed by normal people who actually care about the users. There is no company and no profit motive. Much of the work is carried out by volunteer admins, mods and posters, who contribute out of enthusiasm and not for money. For users this is great as there is no advertising nor tracking, and no chance of takeover by a billionaire. Additionally there are no builtin political or ideological restrictions. You can use the software for any purpose you like, add your own restrictions or scrutinize its inner workings. Lemmy truly belongs to everyone.
Dessalines and I work fulltime on Lemmy to keep up with all the feature requests, bug reports and development work. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. Previously I sometimes had to rely on my personal savings to keep developing Lemmy for you, but that can’t go on forever. We partly rely on NLnet for funding, but they only pay for development of new features, and not for mandatory maintenance work. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached Dessalines and I can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. Please use the link below to see current donation stats and make your contribution! We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.
Sorry. It’s one word. That’s literally ALL people want you to say to help them feel safe and comfortable. It doesn’t need to be hard.
Should your private message been published? No, probably not. It was unfair to you.
Are people being unfair to accuse you of being a massive transphobe with the evidence at hand? I’d say so, but people are primed against people that hint at their transphobia through the use of particular terms.
And why wouldn’t they be? Individuals masking extreme hate towards transgender/etc. people with dogwhistles is something that happens frequently.
If you aren’t masking hate just say so and apologize.
Wait you guys leaked his PM?
Sounds like you should apologise, not him
Its still early and I might be a bit slow. What exactly do you want me to apologize for, for saying something wrong in a private message that was never meant to be published?
Anyway I can honestly say that I dont hate transgender people and dont have any reason to. They are living under the same shitty capitalist system and trying to make the best of it, like the rest of us.
My guy all people want is something like: “Sorry, that message was thoughtless and doesn’t reflect my views any more. I was ignorant of the struggles of transgender people and recognise that gender identity and expression does not fit into a neat binary. Trans people are valid.”
Sure just one line I have to parrot and you will be happy. But then it still wont be enough and you will ask something else, right? I dont have time for your little games, I have work to do.