Okay, so, there's like this Mastodon issue that I'd like to work on that's a huge precursor to potentially a lot of other things that could improve the fediverse.
However, in order to work on it, I'd need probably €10k+ in funding, because it's likely to take me at least a month and a half to complete, as it's quite complex.
How would you go about gaining that amount of funding?
You need to find someone with deep pockets. Maybe reach out to someone like Louis Rossmann. He has the ear of a rich benefactor and enriching the fediverse supports their goals.
He is a YouTuber that champions the right to repair. However, recently he has got the backing of a benefactor that is giving the resources to produce privacy respecting apps such as grayjay and futo keyboard.
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w -- his channel
The reason I suggest this direction is even if they do want to understand where the money is going, you aren't looking for a normal grant with all the crap that goes with it, and you only really need to discuss it with 1 or 2 people.
...and if it is foundational in that it opens up the evosystem more, this is a great selling point to allow users to control their destiny rather than big business.
I suggest you look at a couple of his vids first.
Emelia 👸🏻
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