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pixelfed

We need your support!

We need to grow our donations or consider cutting costs (like sunsetting non-essential services) to remain sustainable.

Besides Pixelfed, we also run https://fedidb.org, https://fediverse.info and https://activitypub.network

Donations can be made via:
Liberapay - https://liberapay.com/pixelfed
Open Collective - https://opencollective.com/pixelfed
Patreon - https://patreon.com/dansup

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Show threadGMate8Aug 17, 2023
@pixelfed Monero?
Show threadArwinAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed the jump might be a lot on Patreon from $1 to $10- maybe try 5 or allow a custom amount if possible?
Show threadalpha1betaAug 17, 2023
@Arwin you can do $1 and then edit it to any amount.
Show threadalpha1betaAug 17, 2023

@pixelfed you might want to consider registering as non-profit entity, or a "Friends of Pixelfed" non-profit that can donate to Pixelfed/you, so users can get a tax break and donate more. Happy to contribute anyway!

One other suggestion: offer a suggestion donate based on some basic usage. I always have a hard time figuring out what's an appropriate donation to a services I like vs when does it may sense to just buy a similar product. This could be useful for server owners.

Show threadurbautz (TheRealBautzFluencer)Aug 17, 2023
@alpha1beta @pixelfed in this case I compare to a commercial service. Image hosting... Flickr (i think $30 a year), $8 for Mastodon like X(itter) Blue....
Show threadalpha1betaAug 17, 2023

@urbautz Exactly.
I compare the flat price, and then factor in what privacy, freedom, quality of the app/website UI etc and general goodwill and promoting my beliefs have.

For instance, I judged I'd rather spend $15/month between hosting and donation for Mastodon, than $8 for Twitter.

Show threadOcéaneAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed Uh, 1,99€ for a 5€ donation (I'm broke), can I send you a payment via Liberapay?
Show threadDavid - Forking MadAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed I setup regular donations recently. I got no acknowledgement from anyone! I assume it's setup as something took my money 😆

Via liberapay, but I see that is not mentioned in your message above now.
Show threadDavid - Forking MadAug 18, 2023
@pixelfed so, do I cancel my liberapay and use the other links?
Show threadDavid - Forking MadAug 21, 2023
@pixelfed Hello? Is this thing on? 🎙️

No response to any messages. Or my initial donation. Disappointed.

I will cancel my liberapay and do a new one on the other links you gave.

EDIT: Oh wait, I see you have edited the initial message and added liberapay. Would be nice to have been told. Let's chat re communication? I appreciate you are busy, but your users are important too. Maybe I can handle your comms? seriously.
Show threadBryan 🏳️‍🌈 FirefishAug 21, 2023
@daj @pixelfed

I use the 'open collective' option for monthly donations, and always receive a receipt in my email on the day it drops. I haven't heard of the liberapay option till now. Hope you get things sorted. 🙏
Show threadDavid - Forking MadAug 21, 2023
@riversidebryan @pixelfed It's been added as an option -- they edited the initial post by the looks of it. I got the Liberapay from a previous post ages ago.

I think a 'thank you' would be nice to all their contributors. Everything else I donate to comes with good comms.
Show thread4MostOfU$Aug 21, 2023
@daj @pixelfed Hmmm 🤔
Show threadpixelfedAug 21, 2023

@daj Hi, thanks for your liberapay donations, no need to cancel and use another platform, we are receiving them.

We will do better to acknowledge them, and really appreciate it!

Show threadAndrea Grandi 🦕Aug 17, 2023
@pixelfed I would consider donating if apps were open source and if other services like a random website every now and then, a secure message app etc… were all cut off and funds and resources were concentrated on Pixelfed only.
Show threadmjAug 18, 2023
@andreagrandi I agree. @pixelfed
Show threadYves LutherAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed Done and done!
Show threadAlan WolfAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed I pay $60 to Flickr because I have been too lazy to move. I figure pixelfed is at least worth that to start. Thanks for the service!
Show threadPelle WessmanAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed How about @opencollective? Good for transparency
Show threadActivistAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed You are producing 3 of 4 centralized privacy-abusing #Cloudflare sites that you market as “#Privacy & safety built-in” while claiming to hold decentralization in high-esteem. You conceal from your users the fact that you’ve allowed Cloudflare see the traffic of your users surreptitiously.. and then you ask for donations? The only thing needed here is a bounty to be CF-free.
Show threadOcéaneAug 17, 2023
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @dev_m @pixelfed You are producing 3 of 4 centralized privacy-abusing #Cloudflare sites that you market as “#Privacy & safety built-in” while claiming to hold decentralization in high-esteem. You conceal from your users the fact that you’ve allowed Cloudflare see the traffic of your users surreptitiously.. and then you ask for donations? The only thing needed here is a bounty to be CF-free.
Show threadE. Murphy, the name you knowAug 17, 2023
@oceane @pixelfed @aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @dev_m I don't know enough about CF to have a strong opinion either way on it, but I figure the sites should at least be transparent about "this site uses CF" and letting users make up their mind from there.
Show threadMcSpaddenAug 18, 2023
@emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @dev_m what does CF take? I thought they were privacy oriented? 1.1.1.1 and Apple’s support?
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@mcspadden @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy #Cloudflare falsely markets itself as privacy-respecting on the basis of hiding the identity of their customers. So say you want to setup a website that peddles Proud Boys bigotry/propaganda. CF will ensure that no one knows who runs that website. That’s the only privacy that CF gives & it comes at the cost of everyone else’s privacy because CF sees all your traffic despite SSL.
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @dev_m @mcspadden So when someone logs into #Pixelfed, #Cloudflare sees their username, password & all traffic on that site. CF holds the keys so that’s where the tunnel ends. CF users (e.g. Pixelfed) do not warn users of this. So suppose a user is sloppy & reuses the same pw on many websites. CF sees the pw & from that would even be able to compromise that user on non-CF sites.
Show threadMcSpaddenAug 18, 2023
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @dev_m so you’re saying CF breaks SSL for all the sites hosted there? Or if your DNS is managed there?
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@mcspadden @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy “Breaks” is a bit vague, but CF renders SSL useless w.r.t. to CF itself. When you access Pixelfed, you see a padlock & that misleads users to believe their connection is secure all the way to pixelfed assets. The traffic is protected from you to Cloudflare’s servers, CF sees everything, and your packet doesn’t even reach Pixelfed because CF treats your request for them.
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @dev_m @mcspadden SSL still protects traffic between you and CF, so e.g. your isp still can’t see the payloads. The padlock is seriously misleading because users think it protects them all the way to the site’s origin. I tried to motivate browser devs to change the padlock to a clown head in situations where the tunnel terminates at Cloudflare (clownflare), but they’re not having it.
Show threadMcSpaddenAug 18, 2023
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @dev_m how do you know PixelFed doesn’t encrypt to the origin server? And does a lock icon matter when they are using Chrome to navigate to it anyways? Imo that’s a bigger problem
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@mcspadden @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy The comms between CF and the origin often is encrypted, but that’s a separate tunnel. CF decrypts everything that reaches it (from visitors and from the origin).
Show threadMcSpaddenAug 18, 2023
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy want to know more about this, links? Highly regulated industries use CF as a pass through expecting no data to be accessed/stored and if CF does, they need contracts in place (BAA, etc.)
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@mcspadden @emurphy @oceane @pixelfed @dev_m I suggest this article which is well cited: https://git.kescher.at/dCF/deCloudflare/src/branch/master/subfiles/rapsheet.cloudflare.md The 2nd link in that article goes to a relatively popular explanation of the MitM.
deCloudflare

MIRROR of The Great Cloudwall / Stop Cloudflare / #deCloudflare #Crimeflare

kescherGit
Show threadActivistAug 18, 2023
@mcspadden @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy It’s perverse that #Cloudflare has convinced some people that they are somehow conducive to privacy. The default CF configuration blocks Tor users. And because CF grown to ~20%+ of the web, people are walking away from Tor. CF has effectively ruined one of the best tools for privacy.
Show threadMcSpaddenAug 18, 2023
@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @dev_m @pixelfed @oceane @emurphy isn’t that the basis of the internet? Mastodon does basically the same with Gab no?
Show threadv̾i̾t̾r̾i̾o̾l̾i̾x̾Aug 17, 2023
@pixelfed i just joined the patreon, love all that they do
Show threadstevenrayAug 17, 2023
@pixelfed done! Happy to help.
Show threadCarl (He/Him)Aug 18, 2023
@pixelfed Who are "we" there? Would a donation be supporting Pixelfed, or some organization that runs the three other sites listed as well as pixelfed.social, or Daniel Supernault (@dansup)?
Show threadHerr Leon Aug 18, 2023
@pixelfed Happy to see #liberapay as a donation option. I wished, @mods would use this, too