dansup,
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Yeah I've seen a few fedi devs sell out, some sell soapboxes to presidents and others bring their failed misskey forks to the fintech world

The one thing they all had in common was they never actually wrote their own project, they forked an existing project and added some lipstick

Meanwhile us other fedi devs are still here, not chasing trends or money.

#notLikeUs

deadsuperhero,
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@dansup I don’t think it’s necessarily bad to “sell out”, if it means keeping the lights on, or putting a roof over your head. Sometimes, people get burned really bad from doing so much work for free. If I could make a living building for this space, I would 100% do it. But, I’m a shitty developer.

And I realize that your statement is more about Gleason and Kainoa, and what they’re doing. I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong for someone to pivot and pursue their own things, it’s just that one built hate speech networks while the other got seriously burnt out and decided to go do literally anything else.

Ironically, both people are the most successful case studies for forks of existing platforms.

caranmegil,

@dansup Nothing wrong with forking a piece of software if you have a viable difference. Pandering to corporations or self-centered individuals get you nowhere fast and shows laziness because those are usually hastily slapped together for the end goal of a cash grab.

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