ShantiniJul 1, 2023

It’s super privileged to tell people to “simply stop using Twitter.” People who rely on mutual aid can’t do that here due to much smaller reach (and sometimes even server rules). People have life-saving community on Twitter that doesn’t exist elsewhere.

Ever try sharing a Mastodon link to someone who isn’t a user? It’s a garbage experience and if you run a business or something Mastodon is not the place.

Stop putting the onus on marginalized people to make your platform succeed, that’s a garbage take!!!!!

Show threadtw1tchJul 1, 2023
@shantini have you considered contributing to the Mastodon codebase? It’s open source, right? What would you do to “fix” it (I just got on to Mastodon and don’t know anything)?
Show threadAntti Peltola ⁂Jul 1, 2023
@tw1tch
You understand this is an elitist take? 😁
Show threadtw1tchJul 1, 2023
@anttipeltola you will have to explain which is elitist please - my suggestion to contribute in an effort to improve what she sees as deficient or her unwillingness even to acknowledge my suggestion because of my social standing on the platform I just joined?
Show threadAntti Peltola ⁂Jul 1, 2023
@tw1tch
If you're working multiple shitty low paid jobs just to keep a roof over your head you don't have energy for "learn to code". That's why this is a privileged take on it.
Show threadtw1tchJul 1, 2023
@anttipeltola or are you suggesting I wouldn’t have time to learn to code? I’m very confused.
Show threadAntti Peltola ⁂
@tw1tch
Mastodon receives over 30,000 USD per month in Patreon donations now. That should comfortably cover for full-time employees to figure this shit out and fix them.
Jul 1, 2023 at 10:42pmWeb
Show threadRicky SmithJul 2, 2023
@anttipeltola You know that's the salary of only 3 half-decent software engineers?
Show threadAntti Peltola ⁂Jul 2, 2023
@rickysmith
Around 5 across the pond.
Show threadtw1tchJul 2, 2023
@anttipeltola @rickysmith There have been 13 engineers making pull requests against the repo since it was created, according to GitHub. There’s a section in the README.md about contributing which points to CONTRIBUTING.md which suggests that users can/should submit their bugs, features they see as missing, and code contributions. It’s written mostly in JavaScript and Ruby as far as I can tell. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
mastodon/CONTRIBUTING.md at main · mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - mastodon/mastodon

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Show threadRicky SmithJul 2, 2023
@tw1tch @anttipeltola I meant cost-wise. $30k is only enough for the salary of 3 engineers. I don’t know how they’re spending that money.
Show threadtw1tchJul 2, 2023
@rickysmith @anttipeltola right, and I don’t know anything about the project beyond what I saw in the repo. I see 13 people committing (or think I do). I don’t know where their donations go, and the only point of my reply to the parent post which I can no longer see because I was blocked was that anyone can make a contribution to the project. OPs complaint was Re: sharing posts to unregistered users. Anybody know Ruby?