Fediverse

I'm not asking people to stop doing things for free or to have hobbies. What I am saying is, simply, if we really want to get rid of the Elon Musks and Zuckerbergs of the world, we need to get rid of corporate-controlled social media for everyone and all of this "Fediverse" thingy will need a lot more resources than a handful of people doing it "for fun" and the users will have to understand that everyone needs to support them with more than "just enough to cover hardware costs".

Also, I want to say that I really believe in the Nassim Taleb's "Skin In The Game" principle: you can only take someone's opinions seriously when they are willing to take all the risks themselves that comes with it. I solemnly ignore anyone that just complains and/or asks for systemic changes without accepting to pay the price required for those changes. This includes anyone here that keeps talking about "Evil Corporations" and promoting the Fediverse without putting their money where their mouths and paying the full sticker price.

IOW, I'm not upset at the admins that are willing to put a lot of work and time to do things for free, but I'm upset at the majority of users who think that just because someone is willing to work for free that they should not take initiative to help as much as they can. And I know that the majority of Fediverse users have the means to support the admins with more than "just enough to cover hardware costs".