dansupJan 18, 2025

I've received 5 VC offers "to chat" regarding Pixelfed in the past few days.

Not for sale.

Pixelfed belongs to the people.

I'd rather be broke and true to my beliefs, than sell out.

That's why I'm organizing a Kickstarter to fund the ethical development of Pixelfed, Loops and more.

It's time that someone stood up to them, instead of joining them.

Are you with me?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks

Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyJan 18, 2025
@dansup I hope you're extremely proud of the work you've done but I wonder if you can address the disconnect between the Loops TOS and the philosophy you're describing here.
Show threadSquirrelJan 18, 2025
@Gustodon @dansup Can you give me the gist of your concern? I really want to be 100% on board with this loops pixelfed project as a FOSS ethical replacement for instagram. I'm thinking whatever might be necessary to make it work like that will take lots of eyes on these details and I think the developer @dansup has his heart in the right place and will care if there are details he might want to reconsider, especially during these critical initial conditions
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyJan 18, 2025

@resl I want that, too. I was concerned about the language regarding ownership and distribution but I've just been told that that particular TOS is being reworked from a time-saving boilerplate.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

Show threadSquirrel
@Gustodon
Sweet 😎 Thank you too for keeping your eyes peeled and being communicative with your foss community. These moments where things are working give me hope
Jan 18, 2025 at 6:46pmWeb