I still think it's their prerogative to use the instance they prefer for discussing development since they're the ones doing it, and that's the instance they host themselves.
Also wondering, where is lemmy.ml advertised as a flagship instance? join-lemmy.org doesn't seem to be partial to it.
I really hate tankies, but I also know that maintaining an open source project is incredibly difficult work, and they've done a fantastic job. Without them there would be no Lemmy.
I do business with people I disagree with politically every day. Donating to Lemmy development is no different IMO. After all, they decided to build a decentralized platform that lets us make our own communities.
What exactly is Bonfire? They themselves just call it "social networking" which is so vague. Is it microblogging?