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Pixelfed & Loops Kickstarter Campaign Just Launched (www.kickstarter.com)

submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To celebrate the release of the Pixelfed Mobile app going live on the Apple App Store & Google Play Store, we’re proud to be launching our first Kickstarter campaign. All funds raised will go toward continued development and support of the core Pixelfed Foundation applications and the ActivityPub ecosystem at large.

The Pixelfed Team builds open source and ethical social networks for the masses. We aim to be the first Fediverse app with a billion people by taking on the worlds biggest players using open source standards. Designed and built for a better society, to bring us closer together without tracking or surveillance.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I don't understand. These both already exist. What is the Kickstarter for?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago

Goals and Stretch Goals Primary Goals

Accelerate development on Pixelfed (Web, Apple iOS and Android)
Accelerate development on Loops (Web, Apple iOS and Android)
Plan development on Sup (Apple iOS and Android)
Expand the moderation, security, privacy and safety platforms
Get Pixelfed/Loops/Sup translated into multiple languages

Stretch Goal

Full time development
Hire additional developers
Build a cloud/CDN platform for the Fediverse
Register a Pixelfed Foundation as a legal entity (more details below)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

For funding the servers and further development.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost like you could check out the linked campaign and answer that question with a couple of minutes reading.

The money goes to supporting pixelfed, loops and sup development, with the goal being financing full time development for the entire team.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's almost like I already did read it and it didn't answer the question.

"Kickstarter" is supposed to be a crowdfunding campaign to "kickstart" a project, not string it along.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So games that have a demo or an alpha build should not be allowed on kickstarter since they technically already exist?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

I didn't say anything about what should or should not be allowed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Oh no, someone is tarnishing the sacred name of a kickstarter campaign by checks notes raising money to scale up a project that can benefit everyone (thus kickstarting the scaling effort) instead of selling a $250 plastic brick that generates far-infrared waves using no electricity in order to "stabilise" your car's battery which you velcro the brick on top of (okay, that one was an IndieGoGo, but same difference).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

someone is tarnishing the sacred name of a kickstarter campaign

Wow. You really missed the mark on that one. I don't know why would you think I was making that point instead of the very clearly more sensible "it's not what it's for".

In other words, why don't they just have a donation page like everyone else?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Wow that looks like a scam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

That's my point: Kickstarter and IndieGoGo is filled with extraordinarily obvious scams, yet this person's trying to act like there'a some sanctity to the semantics rather than the spirit of them.