I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don’t have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.
I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don’t have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.
Not really anything serious.
By poking around https://bonfire.fediverse.observer/list I found two (and only two) with open sign ups that do not say “demo and testing instance”:
Try:
https://discussions.sciety.org/
https://bonfire.home.coop/
It’s kinda amazing to me how they convinced so many people to give them money when that is all they have. I guess people want to have hope.
€30,000! I was stunned when I just pulled up their crowdfunding campaign. Apparently that is enough money for software “maintenance”. I think you have severely underpaid me for my contributions to PieFed if that is the going rate. I was just a sucker doing it for free. 😜
I know, right.
After they’ve finished doing maintenance no one will be able to see any visible difference and will just have to believe them when they ask for more money. They were upfront about that so maybe it’ll go ok but yeah seems risky as hell.
Is 30,000 euros a lot???
In open source development it is a lot more than 0€
It’s not a very grateful job. Many developers provide an option to make donations, but often don’t promote it too hard. So if you do not have a dedicated person organizing a crowdfunding campaign but concentrate on development instead, it’s nearly impossible to reach such sums. Often you also get pressured by the community.
In other news, PieFed is open for donations here. The price of a coffee every month would constitute a pretty significant increase in donations.
Thank you for sharing the links! I just signed to one of them.
I am also surprised how much money they were able to raise. I hope they deliver on the things they promised