hey fedi. i have a favour to ask you all …

diaspora.im is a glitch-soc (mastodon fork/activity pub) server for nonwhite folks. the goal was to create another option for us that is nonwhite-managed so that we can express ourselves how we want without the white gaze making it hard to do so. the fedi is chock full of white-managed instances and i see soooo many of us disenchanted and downright disgusted with how our words get removed and censored when we speak our truths.

when i started diaspora.im, it was never to “have my own space” because i already had that. but as i sat around chatting with folks on the fedi, it became increasingly obvious that my privilege in having my own space was unique… i wanted that for the rest of us nonwhite folk who don’t have that privilege. i wanted a place we could call our own. i wanted a space that was as comfy and safe as my own one-person server. i wanted that for us.

thing is, i don’t work so paying for this server is out of my pocket with the help of you all. we have a couple regular supporters right now, but i’d really like to see us make about $100 a month to cover server costs and to pay our moderator a stipend. right now, we’re doing about US$75 so just another $25 a month would put us right where we need to be.

so i am asking you … if you have an extra dollar a month, consider donating to us. we’d really appreciate it.

https://opencollective.com/diasporaim

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