@Gargron Thank you, for doing whjat you do, Despite being paid insultingly low for what you do. Maybe you shouldn't carry the Entire Load by yourself, tho... Nobody should carry The enrtire burden of a business on thier own shoulders. that'd kill a man after a while.

@Gargron Just let me know if there is anyway I can help.

@Gargron That's a lot of different responsibilities... All at once too.

@Gargron I need to check out what's going on with my CC tomorrow. But I will be supporting this important work. Thank you

@Gargron you are doing great work, thanks for amazing service!

@Gargron because of the money: hope i can help by donating! And will look if I can take over some work - I got some relevant Skills!

@Gargron I’m infamously schizophrenic at this point so all my money is coming from the Australian government currently. I hope you’ll enjoy this small donation and that you get the support you deserve.

@Gargron Well, damn! What can we do to help? Donate? What else?

@Gargron Well, as far as I can see, you are doing a Fantastic Job 😀 👍

@Gargron 🙏🏻
Thanks for your work and efforts
Thanks for providing an alternative platform!

@Gargron This is hard. I wonder whether it is possible to generate amounts of money for this project that it can adequately pay developers and infrastructure, and avoid the normal platform business.

@Gargron obviously get some rest. i know im not alone in saying we appreciate your hard work. perhaps in due time mastodon.social and mastodon.online will grow to be managed by a small group or entity of some sort. in any case, rest up & take a load off

@Gargron you really do a fantastic job. Apart of the signal this is another nice example that such a big impact projects should be owned by the community, non-profit or foundation with the focus on impact rather the profit.

I really love the feature with @signalbot to easily donate in app (and I donate).

@Gargron I feel that this is just the beginning…hang in there!

@Gargron Patreon d
Thx for staying that long and doing great work

@Gargron thank you for all the work that you do. it is very exciting to see this project explode into the mainstream. you deserve so much more for what you have contributed to the world 💜

@Gargron
Have you got more moderators applying yet? Hope you get a chance for a break.

@Gargron Your work is appreciated! Just bumped up my patreon level. 🍻

@Gargron thank you so much for your work. Mastodon project is great! it's growing the fediverse so it deserves a lot more patreons supporting you!

@Gargron one of the hardest things ever to do is to monetize your platform. going forward, you've got three options:

1. ads
2. subscriptions
3. more vc funding

I wouldn't mind either of the first two- ads suck, but they pay the bills. subscriptions work, too, but it's hard to motivate people to pay. whichever you end up with, thanks, good luck, and godspeed 🚀