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  • Gabe Kangasgabek@social.gabekangas.com
    Oct 3, 2026, 9:52 PM
    I'd be curious, after browsing that page: What was your reaction? Did you expect these projects to have more donors, or fewer? Did you expect there to be more money available for them, or less? Overall were you surprised about anything?
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  • El Draculodraqlo@mstdn.io
    Oct 4, 2026, 12:12 AM

    @gabek it surprised me that Tusky and Owncast don't get more support, but also that the monthly requirements aren't that high. Also Fedify having so much, but it seems like one or a few supporters are giving a lot

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  • Gabe Kangasgabek@social.gabekangas.com
    Oct 4, 2026, 1:09 AM
    @draqlo I know personally, I'm very spikey with Owncast expenses. I won't do any expenses for months, and then do them all at once so that month will spend a lot, but other months not as much. Thanks to the previous infrastructure sponsorship, and me reducing the number of extra services, our month-to-month runrate is pretty low.

    I see it as:
    1. Cover expenses
    2. Pay maintainers

    1 seems doable, 2 seems pretty much impossible.
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  • Martin Owens :inkscape: :flag_nonbinary:doctormo@floss.social
    Oct 15, 2026, 10:46 AM

    @JenJen @gabek

    Yes. And it's structural.

    We've created a weird culture of beneficence and abuse where logical move is not to pay.

    Why might you ask?

    Because a tax which is optional is unjust. As only the fair, the kind and the insightful will contribute. While there will always be abusers. For the vast majority in the middle who follow cultural norms, the question is not "should I do my bit" but "why should I do my bit when others wont".

    Since we refuse to understand this. It will continue

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  • Gabe Kangasgabek@social.gabekangas.com
    Oct 15, 2026, 5:21 PM
    @doctormo While i'm sure there's a ton of "why should I do my bit when others won't" I think there's also a ton of "I don't need to do this because I'm sure everyone else is taking care of it".
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