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Pixelfed fundraised $134,139 for development (www.kickstarter.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by juergen@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Other noteworthy pixelfed things:

HEIC support and image optimization https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114188453431873584
account migrations: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114165774134400571
other improvements to pixelfed app: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114104395559080307
direct message redesign: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114165690916601470
login/signup workflow redesigened: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114103672705665681
fixing instagram import: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114111613468448954
cute "empty timeline" message: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114117810433929782
groups (compatible with lemmy communities!): https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114160936877926078
dark mode, groups, etc: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114160982209034687

loops:

loops source code released: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114188842036359216
hashtags pinned videos: https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/798412572605169984
website: https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/781981137786570155

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't have a reference point for who "owns" pixelfed, or who gets the money. Therefore I don't have a reference point for if this is a drop in the bucket, or a neverending waterfall of funding.

I thought nobody owned pixelfed. Therefore, wouldn't each instance owner get the money? Thus making this like "each instance owner gets $5"?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This goes to the main developer, which is a person in Canada. But I think they have a few collaborators that will likely get on board more now that they want to set up a non-profit (?) foundation to manage the Pixelfed codebase and IP.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

The fundraising was for the development of Pixelfed's source code. e.g. adding new features, bug fixing, etc. - not for currently hosted servers and their infrastructure. So it went to @dansup.