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@Mastodon I want to spend more time on Mastodon (and Bluesky), but the engineering-over-design bias is obvious. I’m no fan of like Meta, but Threads shows what happens when design is taken seriously. If Mastodon wants to compete, it needs designers at the table. That being said, I’m still glad you’re around!
@Mastodon Much better. Thank you for listening.
@Mastodon anyone want to address this? More antiblackness and racial slurs as screen names.
Why would I donate to this.
"We're forever grateful for every dollar we receive"
From the 7 options to donate, there's 1 european (german) , and 6 US (including corporate offers).
I wonder if there is any 'europe' left in mastodon or if it has been swallowed up by the US allready like all other european competitors.
@lokjo thank you for this feedback - we will look at how to improve this.
Here's a thing about general content, I'll try to explain it short.
When new people are looking at mastodon they expect posts from european countries, with interesting/funny/happy/news/daily things.
Now log out and open f.e. mastodon.social, and look at the main timeline. Give it a good scroll.
What you see is mostly US people ranting/complaining about US companies/people. It's not really an 'invitation' for europeans.
But again, this is just my point of view.
@Mastodon When is Post History Migration due to be implemented to Mastodon's core functionality, as a standard part of moving servers?
@Mastodon 可能显得虚伪吧？我许一个愿：如果极权中共垮台，不再有大数据监控引发的恐惧，向mastkdon捐赠，会是我最迫切的事项之一。
It might sound hypocritical, but I'll make a wish: If the totalitarian CCP collapses and the fear caused by big data surveillance disappears, donating to Mastodon will be one of my top priorities.
@Mastodon Support the server you are on!
Is it just me ? How come I never see posts by Akkoma, Pleroma, GoToSocial and other Mastodon alternatives asking for donations ?
@Mastodon i would love a discovery algorithm like they have it on bluesky, while keeping the following feed too. it makes the app so much more useable for most people.
@Mastodon Plushtodons for everyone... Even Canadians
No. Too much marketing speak. Icky and corporate. Rewrite with less syllables and more skank.
@fixatedpersonsunit how would you prefer us to raise awareness for fundraising? Open to suggestions!
When begging for cash, get it up front. Respect your audience.
@Mastodon I would like to point out a major typo on your sponsors site.
In your "How we use donations" section, the button to get the Annual report says "Annual Report - 2023", when it should be 2024, as the link clearly links to a 2024 PDF file.
Thank you Mastodon!
@Mastodon why can I only donate through US Fintech companies? I don't want to do that because they can't have my data... I live in Belgium. Is there no possibility to wire transfer to your German host? All you need is a bank account in EU and all EU residents can sponsor you with a simple bank transfer.
@random_sapiens our our fiscal sponsor in the EU is WE AID, and there's a SEPA Direct Debit option via that route. We're aware we can do more to make it easier to donate, and will see what we can do to improve this.
@Mastodon Did you close your open collective account? I can't find it any more and there's open collective Europe ...
@Mastodon hey guys, thanks. It is just your website that is confusing. As a Belgian citizen I am unlikely to click on "Tax deductible donations", "From Germany". To me it seems this is only for Germans.
So maybe add a link to WE AID on the tab "More individual donation options".
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