Bluesky has raised a $15m series A
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Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️⚧️replied to Arvind Venkataramani last edited by
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Oh. I just saw a person complaining about Gargron recreating her pull request instead of accepting hers yesterday. It's ridiculous. (Mastodon team is, I mean)
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Arvind Venkataramanireplied to Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo @thisismissem
Yeah, just because something is open source doesn’t mean it has values and practices that serve the people it claims to serve.
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Arvind Venkataramanireplied to Arvind Venkataramani last edited by
@Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo @thisismissem
Also, real talk:
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Suzanne Aldrich (she/her)replied to Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@Orca @arvindv @tintvrtkovic @danilo @thisismissem I haven’t purchased any stupid landfill-bound #Mastodon merch, but I *am* personally funding @thisismissem because she is the *only* #Fedi developer I have encountered who actually cares about building good software that works for real people. What little I have heard from this Gargron character hasn’t been very good. He doesn’t seem to be much concerned with anything that actually matters to the folks trying to build community here.
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@arvindv @Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo I've already been trying to get more UX folks involved in the project, especially on the moderation & admin tools, though other areas do also need love too — the difficulty is generally not getting paid for open source work is the norm
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Emelia 👸🏻replied to Suzanne Aldrich (she/her) last edited by
@suzannealdrich @Orca @arvindv @tintvrtkovic @danilo
He does care a great deal about Mastodon, but I think the years of leading it have taken a toll on him. It's incredibly hard to lead a large open source project with millions of users, a small team and not enough funding.
That said, he is also known for ignoring issues and poorly communicating things to others, these are areas I wish he'd do some self-improvement on to grow as a leader.
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@thisismissem @suzannealdrich @Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo
Also: do you all have a usability testing program? Do you want help developing one? (It’s not as challenging as it might appear!)
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@thisismissem @Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo
There are so many UX folk who are out of work and burned out right now that I think many would like to do something meaningful with their time.
(To be clear: not getting paid is a problem.)
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@arvindv @Orca @tintvrtkovic @danilo
At the moment the only way to get paid is Grants or drumming up enough supporters to make your work somewhat sustainable.
I currently have 54 supporters of my work, and I'm thankful to each and every one, but it's been hard growing that number.
I still rely on grants, paid advisory work and freelance work to survive. I think my supporters bring in about €1500 a month.
