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Is there a business community here on #fedi? If not, could we maybe create one? Would be great to find clients, partners, suppliers here.
#fedibusiness
Sorting through the fruits trees I grafted last year. Had some miserable failures (looking at you mullberry), but am very happy with those that made it. There's Sweet Rowan, plums, about 50 different apple varieties, quince, sweeter and larger hawthorn, cherries sour and sweet, walnut, sea-buckthorn, asian nashi pears, hazelnut, you name it. Large root systems grown in the earth and not a single pot in sight. Those trees will be much healthier as they won't have any of that root girdling you find in potted trees. These are ready to find their forever home in some garden - maybe yours? Learn more at the most punk plant nursery with zero investment in marketing through the tech oligarchy: @[email protected] #PlantNursery #BareRoot #FruitTrees #FediBusiness

One of the ideas I’ve been kicking around for the #Fediverse is promotion of small businesses by Fedizens. This includes tools, apps, and services, not all of which have to necessarily be super developer-focused.

If you’re interested in being featured on some kind of #FediBusiness directory, or know of a really good candidate, let me know! I have a little list going already, but would love to actually turn it into something.

If we offered a directory of businesses and services offered my members of the #Fediverse, would you use something listed on there?

We're thinking of launching something that includes hosting, tooling, and infrastructure, but also shops of people's arts and crafts, music for sale, things like that. It would all be opt-in, and meant to promote things created by people on the network.

#FediBusiness
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I'm still miffed about the pompous condescension from a former mutual yesterday, lecturing us all about the proper use of the Fediverse and how it should be strictly for news, and if you want to have fun or share someone's small business wares you should go back to linkedin (shudder) or the birdsite (violent shudder).

They decreed that they would be blocking anyone who posted or boosted about anything that involved the exchange of money, because this isn't the place for that (apparently).

This walking HOA's ingratiating viewpoint is there's only one correct way to use social media, and of course it's their way. They then use that viewpoint to belittle strangers online because the strangers have the audacity to use a platform in a manner inconsistent with the Fedi HOA President's beliefs. I disagree with their conclusion as well as their approach to the topic.

Personally, I'm fascinated with the ingenuity of my fellow Fedizens. I enjoy boosting posts from small business owners who don't own megayachts that require infrastructure removal just to reach the ocean. #ArtShowSunday was a surprisingly intriguing concept and I thought a great way for people to showcase their talents. I also try to boost Mutual Aid and fundraiser posts when I can based on my gut feelings on it.

And I boost the bloody hell out of shitposts because sometimes the folks I follow provide the only respite I have from nearly constant you-know-what ideation. That's right, friend.. my laughs from your funnies are sometimes the only fuel left for my flame.

I'm wondering if there are any existing hashtags similar to the FediHired or MutualAid tags, or if we could come up with one that would allow folks with delicate constitutions like this to filter out any unwanted creativity and joy from their timeline without having to belittle others in the process? #FediBusiness? #PoorEntrepreneur? #ImBrokeAndDesperate? #IHateSeeingCoolThings?

This concludes my rant.