I mean, I think his ideas on free software are good generally but his behaviour and opinions on other topics are pretty fucking terrible. I don't understand why people want to defend that part. The FSF can function without him and defend the ideas of Free Software.
This isn't the first time we see you posting in bad faith. You were previously temporarily banned as well. This has been escalated to a perma ban. Good bye.
The FSF is a non-working organization which refuses to let go of its horrible founder. I hoped it would move on, it didn't and refused to despite massive amounts of community backlash. I no longer believe they should have any role in representing the Free Software movement.
Anyone can make a license and make it compatible with the GPL but yes, I forgot that the FSF doesn't allow modifications of the GPL which is pretty fucking weird thinking more about it.
That's certainly true but the issue is that we don't really have other options. Lemmy's system allows for little delegation outside of giving full admin powers. There's an issue to improve that but as with all of Lemmy's moderation woes - it seems no one is working on it.
I would wager I've spent between 40-70hours a week working on Beehaw directly or on things relating to it with as high as 90hours a week at the peak - I would wake up, open Beehaw, eat, sleep. None of us get paid for this, it would likely bankrupt Beehaw in less than a week if we were paid even minimum wage. The only reason I can do this is because I don't have a job - which is putting me in a bad financial situation honestly.. I really should've gotten a job but I didn't.
It's certainly an area that has been thrown around and I can certainly see the benefits. I, personally speaking, worry though that democratic models at such an early stage can be abused. I also worry about money being a barrier for entry as that could keep out good people that simply don't have the means - I don't know that I could spend a membership fee as a student with no job because of all this volunteering work..
I mean, that's a question of trust. There's nothing I can do other than promise that I or any of the admins would never sell off Beehaw.
That said, if it reassures you, our disregard for "growth for the sake of growth" should push away any kind of company seeking money. It'd be much more lucrative to go for a big instance like lemmy.world.
Well, at the size of beehaw, even if half of the people here gave 5$/mo, I think we'd almost have enough though it probably wouldn't be fair compensation in terms of hourly wage. Speaking personally, I would not want to make this an exclusive space to people who can pay.
Yes, obviously make mental health treatment more accessible, but if it has gotten to the point where it’s needed (as opposed to the equivalent of checkups and maintenance), then things have already gotten out of hand.
While I agree with this on principle - at this moment in time - I don't know any admin of any of the big instances which does not struggle with balancing their admin responsibilities and living.
While we should pay moderators for their time, because their time is valuable, that’s also not a solution, just basic respect. People with high-paying jobs burn out, too.
When it is a job, people can quit. When it is a labour of love, that is a lot more difficult. As the model doesn't give nearly enough money for people to be financially compensated, the only ones who can stay are those doing it as a labour of love. These people probably need to work because they need to live. This makes self-control of the time invested a lot harder, I think. People are more likely to drive themselves to burn out with these conditions in place.
I currently use Hugo and publish with Sourcehut. I've been thinking of changing my stack but I've not settled on anything and I'm not sure if changing is necessarily a good idea. One thing I'd like to be able to use by switching is Tailwind.
That said, I recommend using whatever is simplest for you to use. It's easy to make your blog an experiment instead of using it as a writing tool.
Memes tend to not be a great discussion starter. If there is an overwhelming amount of memes, interactions and discussions can easily be buried and socially discouraged as a result.
Note : it's a bit more restrictive than every instance we federate with, it's actually every community where at least one person from Beehaw subscribes that we federate with.
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I mean, I think his ideas on free software are good generally but his behaviour and opinions on other topics are pretty fucking terrible. I don't understand why people want to defend that part. The FSF can function without him and defend the ideas of Free Software.