And certain birdsite migrators have the gall to demand new features with an angry tone and sense of entitlement.

If they care so much, they should #donate to #mastodon:
https://opencollective.com/mastodon

@Gargron Became a sponsor now. Thank you for your great work!

@Gargron That doesn't seem healthy! Anything we can do to help? (I am a patron, but we should maybe step up the donations?) Do you have any solution in mind for the long run, if users keep increasing?

@Gargron new patron incoming..

@Gargron when we love what we do this is what happens 😅

@Gargron patreon subscribed for the year. thanks for everything

@Gargron I recall you being fairly against the proposal to add the ability to charge for signing up to an instance? Has your stance on that changed?

Like, 817k * 10$ / year or something would be a pretty healthy amount of revenue that'd ensure servers could keep up with the hardware and social requirements (paid moderation teams)

@Gargron I've heard there is a patreon or some such to help with costs. Can you direct me? Would love to help support.

@Gargron hope you're doing well brother

@Gargron That's not nearly enough for what you're doing! I've become a supporter on #Patreon. I encourage others to do the same.

https://www.patreon.com/mastodon/

#SupportMastadon #Mastadon

@Gargron that's a lot of money

@Gargron wichtig ist doch, dass du zurück nach Jena kommst Junge! Hier muss das Mastodon-Zentrum sein! Ich helfe dir auch unentgeltlich beim managen und wir gehen zum Feierabend jeden dritten Donnerstag ins TT. 😜👍🏼

@Gargron That is not a great spot to be in. I wonder if @will might be interested to have you on his FOSS Pod to discuss what that looks like and what solutions are out there.

@Gargron keep up the good hard work. I'm excited to be supporting open infrastructure and just updated my Patreon membership to Sponsor. I hope others will do the same and Mastodon gets the support it needs

@Gargron joined the Patreon... make that $36,012 now 😎

@Gargron I think you're going to be earning a lot more very soon. ❤️

@Gargron aah post the donate link along with that - this one? https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

@Gargron Wow! That's shockingly little compared what you could make with your qualification and reputation. I mean... This project is your baby, but it shouldn't eat you alive. And it is completely OK to get proper payment for your work. Maybe instead of asking for donations, maybe you should charge the users money. People can't expect to get premium services for free.

@Gargron hello what is the language for Mastodon ?

@Gargron where do we donate?