Eugen RochkoMastodon is financed by crowdfunding instead of venture capital not because we don't know that venture capital exists, not because we don't have bills to pay, and not because venture capital isn't willing to give money to new social media platforms. VCs don't want a sustainable business, they want a big exit. Every VC-backed business is on a timer to deliver or die.
Xing Shi Cai@Gargron The number of users of Mastodon has never become too large. It looks like it will be like this forever. If that is the case, would you regret not have taken some VC money to make it big? Given how Twitter (X)'s current status, I personally would prefer some better alternatives.