My dude, people considering protesting Dorsey is not discrimination.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

My dude, people considering protesting Dorsey is not discrimination. Billionaires are the most privileged people on Earth. They are the establishment, the blockchains they shill are in service of Milton Friedmans disruption of the status quo to benefit them.

I.E the betrayal of the social contract.

If you're shitposting pick a better subject, cos you sure as hell are not hacking the planet.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

Goodness the temporarily embarrassed billionaire vibes.

Luis Villa

@onepict My main reason for not protesting Dorsey is that he’s mostly small fry. I would not do him the honor of protesting him and pretending he matters that much.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@luis_in_brief yeah, you weren't the one calling for moderation in protesting.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@luis_in_brief but I think Drew's mainly aiming that at the FOSDEM committee than Dorsey.

Luis Villa

@onepict I’m deeply curious what the hell they were thinking.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@luis_in_brief I think a lot of us are.

I think the issue is that when you're running such a large event, the cashflow becomes a higher priority. Especially when it's a free to everyone event.

It's giving me Freenode vibes with the gradual takeover of a community space.

You know chasing sponsorship is difficult. I think that's what's driven it, not so much the money part, but the relationship part.

I get the feeling the committee are a bit removed from the community now.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@luis_in_brief When an event is so big, there is a degree of separation from who attends.

Most of us only interact with the volunteers.

So there's the folks who've been around from the beginning and who helps you get it off the ground each year.

So of course the organisers have a closer relationship with the sponsors. Sometimes they even work or have worked in the sponsor orgs. It's a natural progression.

mc

@onepict @luis_in_brief Wait... What have I missed about FOSDEM? Dorsey? WTF? *duckducking intensifies*

Oh! This, right?

https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares-at-FOSDEM-please.html

Wow. My first FOSDEM and fucking Dorsey will be there?

Krista, Darth Moose Shark

@mc @onepict @luis_in_brief wow, this SUCKS

Michael Downey 🚩

@onepict Americans' Achilles heel

Tane Piper ⁂

@mc @onepict @luis_in_brief holy shit I was out the loop on this one until this morning. How the fuck did this even happen? Money really does corrupt.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@downey I remember reading one of Michael Moores books and he mentioned it.

Was it the myth of Algernon Hayes? Like the American Dream and everyone is like a temporarily embarrassed millionaire?

My name is DESPAIR

@onepict

The Rich are The new resource to Mine.

Don't mind the Rich, mine them!

#MineTheRich #TaxTheRich #OFFDEM #FOSDEM

Redistribute wealth, cap individual wealth to 1:10 around the world, tax shareholder returns at 90%, jail white collar criminal, forbid professional politics, decentralize recovered wealth to communes, and capitalism will naturally fall back to where it belongs: a historical economy anomaly.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@grrrr_shark @mc @luis_in_brief It sucks so much.

But sometimes rich entitled techbros feel left out don't you know? We have to accommodate their needs. /s

FOSDEM 2025 - Statement on planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025

(fosdem.org)

The FOSDEM organisers clearly weren't thinking.

Michael Downey 🚩

@onepict it's the cultural root of most the country's problems.

pfm 🧘 :mastodont:

@[email protected] I think this is a very relevant and interesting session:

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6721-organizing-sponsor-free-conferences-bof/

At NixCon 2024, we took the bold step of going completely sponsor-free—and it turned out to be a great success, with 400 attendees, making it the largest NixCon to date.

In this BOF session, I’ll share my experiences as a core organizer, including the challenges, lessons learned, and tips for anyone looking to organize their own sponsor-free events without breaking the bank.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@pfm That is a very relevant one.

I'll need to catch up on it once it's been recorded.