Glad to see @Gargron turning down VC funding for Mastodon. The #1 thing VCs like to see is rapid growth and that’s the one thing that would kill Mastodon.

I have a better set of interactions here with 5,000 followers than on Twitter with over 100K followers. But I also realize that’s partially due to the niche nature of the service.

The service is also currently not designed for policing that scale of usage.

https://www.ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4c3b-a53c-55b170ae9efd

Client Challenge

@carnage4life Think about it: personally, Eugen could just take the money and get himself made for life. But VCs weren't counting on his integrity and the general ethos of this network. If there's anything the last decades of Internet taught us, is that money and greed is what ends up poisoning even the most altruistic projects. It is on our best interests as users to keep it that way via consistent self-funding.