your five year reminder that MOURNING MASTODON was a response to techbros PAYING EUGEN MONEY so he wouldn't have to listen to queer people anymore
it was a response to CHANGING MATERIAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS REGARDING MASTODON DEVELOPMENT not simply about “culture shock” or whatever lmao
in the early months of development there was a SPECIAL DISCORD CHANNEL that if you paid enough on Eugen’s Patreon you could get access to in order to advocate new features. prior to April 2017 this channel was significantly queer. after April 2017 Eugen found other funding sources in the form of white techbros.
THAT’S WHAT IT’S ABOUT
@aescling also i'm more of a marxist now than i was then
@aescling yeah i don't think i ever stated it explicitly because we were walking a delicate balance and didn't want to be like “the trans shadow cabinet is being outbid” lol
but i wrote the piece in response to conversations with shel (who was in that discord channel) about eugen just like. not listening to them anymore