Felix Hlatky1d ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/business-nbfr4cs7z/-/a-y19a10ybQXmguq_npSaO6A%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

Yesterday, a court in New Mexico ruled that Meta is guilty of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation and harmful content. Meta's spokesperson responded, “we respectfully disagree with the verdict and will appeal.”

@zuck @mosseri - I'd appeal to you to stop exploiting people to line your pockets directly, but it's clear that the empire you've built by getting people addicted to your products has left you out of touch with reality.

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Diva1d ago
Show threadFelix Hlatky

The problem with Meta’s business model is that they’re beholden to shareholders, not their community. We are not publicly traded, we are publicly FUNDED.

Mastodon has no incentive to keep you addicted. Our incentive is to make you happy, and help you build friendships, because it’s the right thing to do for you, and it's the right thing to do for humanity.

If you believe in a better way forward for our digital social spaces, please help support us by donating: https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

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Show threadEm 1d ago
@mellifluousbox  
Show threadMastodon Migration1d ago

@mellifluousbox

Thank goodness for Mastodon

Show threadKᑐᑌᑐᕮ1d ago
@mellifluousbox …wondeful, 3 American payment processors listed, of which 1 is a Big Tech company 🤦🏼‍♂️
Show threadFelix Hlatky1d ago

@Kdude That's a fair point of criticism. Financial infrastructure is indeed very American, especially if you try to tap into the reach of existing sponsorship platforms like Patreon.

We have been looking into WERO lately to offer an alternative.

Show threadPatrick1d ago
@mellifluousbox @Kdude Why use a payment processor at all? Maybe this is a dumb question, but why not just publish a SEPA account people can directly donate to? It’s what my local food bank does.
Show threadFelix Hlatky1d ago

@tcb Not a dumb question at all. We are actually considering SEPA payments and Direct Debits!

It's not completely trivial because of some accounting complexity. I believe as a business you would have to issue invoices or at least payment confirmations anyway so if there are more than a handful of such donations per month you would have to get some sort of processor again to deal with the operations.

Show threadLukas Rotermund14h ago
@mellifluousbox @tcb I will setup a donation at the moment you offer wero  
Show threadKᑐᑌᑐᕮ17h ago
@mellifluousbox Thank you for clarifying, good to know you are looking into it.
Love Mastodon <3
Show threadpibert π1d ago
@mellifluousbox who’s tnzk?