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To celebrate the release of the Pixelfed Mobile app going live on the Apple App Store & Google Play Store, we’re proud to be launching our first Kickstarter campaign. All funds raised will go toward continued development and support of the core Pixelfed Foundation applications and the ActivityPub ecosystem at large.

The Pixelfed Team builds open source and ethical social networks for the masses. We aim to be the first Fediverse app with a billion people by taking on the worlds biggest players using open source standards. Designed and built for a better society, to bring us closer together without tracking or surveillance.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    62·
    6 hours ago

    I don’t understand. These both already exist. What is the Kickstarter for?

    • tofuwabohu@slrpnk.netEnglish
      11·
      5 hours ago

      Goals and Stretch Goals Primary Goals

      Accelerate development on Pixelfed (Web, Apple iOS and Android)
Accelerate development on Loops (Web, Apple iOS and Android)
Plan development on Sup (Apple iOS and Android)
Expand the moderation, security, privacy and safety platforms
Get Pixelfed/Loops/Sup translated into multiple languages

      Stretch Goal

      Full time development
Hire additional developers
Build a cloud/CDN platform for the Fediverse
Register a Pixelfed Foundation as a legal entity (more details below)
    • chillhelm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      73·
      5 hours ago

      It’s almost like you could check out the linked campaign and answer that question with a couple of minutes reading.

      The money goes to supporting pixelfed, loops and sup development, with the goal being financing full time development for the entire team.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        94·
        5 hours ago

        It’s almost like I already did read it and it didn’t answer the question.

        “Kickstarter” is supposed to be a crowdfunding campaign to “kickstart” a project, not string it along.

        • brrt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          51·
          4 hours ago

          So games that have a demo or an alpha build should not be allowed on kickstarter since they technically already exist?

        • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
          76·
          5 hours ago

          Oh no, someone is tarnishing the sacred name of a kickstarter campaign by checks notes raising money to scale up a project that can benefit everyone (thus kickstarting the scaling effort) instead of selling a $250 plastic brick that generates far-infrared waves using no electricity in order to “stabilise” your car’s battery which you velcro the brick on top of (okay, that one was an IndieGoGo, but same difference).

            • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 hours ago

              That’s my point: Kickstarter and IndieGoGo is filled with extraordinarily obvious scams, yet this person’s trying to act like there’a some sanctity to the semantics rather than the spirit of them.