The organization behind critical pieces of Trust & Safety infrastructure in the Fediverse is struggling to make ends meet. Here’s what’s going on, what the road ahead looks like, and how to help.

  • Sean Tilley@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m just saying, there’s tangible things to point to which explain the current situation, and how we got here. At the end of the day, compromises had to be made to have a working thing in the first place.

    We can sit and wring our hands about a piece of software not being open source, but ideological purism doesn’t always get things made. Perfect is the enemy of good.

    Besides which, a larger problem is that FOSS devs of critical projects aren’t really making much money, either. You could advance the argument that FOSS isn’t about money, but funding sure helps the longevity of FOSS projects. The Fediverse is practically anemic in this regard.