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Hey folks!

I'm writing this because funding for the Lemmy project has dropped to critical levels, which could seriously impact its future development.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I signed up for a medium donation.

While I don't agree with some things happening on .ml We should not discard imperfect allies. Thank you devs for the great work you're doing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

ml arent allies at all, they're the problem, and they wont see a stinking cent from me. It would be like donating to elon musk because I like a twitter Account that posts there.

It's like supporting Ukraine but donating to putins propaganda outlets.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago
[–] [email protected] -4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Inherently incompatible ideologies =/= imperfect allies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Have you noticed that every other reddit alternative turned into right wing parapolitical forums? That's so much worse.