Lady, EVOLVED 
when you’re trying to accomplish something that doesn’t make money, you don’t get the good fortune of getting paid for it
unless you’re Cohost for three years!
suburban-ass motherfuckers talking about Mastodon like it’s a bad thing our communities aren’t bankrolled by anonymous benefactors
@Lady just send them the income and expense reports on the tenforward.blog 😎
@Lady Ten Forward is actually making a *little* bit of money every month.
we are profitable (which I do not give a fuck about but y'know).
its due to the generosity of our members who donate their money every month.
@packetcat yeah but i mean, you’re not taking an annual tech salary for moderating and maintaining the space, you’re just paying bills
@packetcat oh absolutely, it’s a major service you’re providing and i think you deserve everything good which comes your way
the reality tho is that helping people never makes that kind of money because helping people is not the goal of capitalism. and personally i find it inspiring that some people go and do that work anyway, even though they aren’t getting paid what they should, because those are the kinds of people who live lives of service and make community possible
but some people don’t see that inspiring picture. they just see the negative side, the capitalist exploitation, and throw up their hands and give up
@Lady agreed on all counts on that.
@Lady indeed I am not but I would not be remiss in expecting that kind of salary either, its a lot of uncompensated labour I do every day for TF.