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juergen @feddit.org

1mo ago

Pixelfed fundraised $134,139 for development

www.kickstarter.com

Just a moment...

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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Every few months Dansup announces that Groups are imminent.
- Dark mode is supposed to be released this weekend! 50 weekends ago.
  I stopped keeping up with him to save my sanity and excitement for when I can actually see for myself what has changed with an update.
  
  Wow, no dark mode on a photo app. Photos look great on a dark background...
- Groups will come after GNU herd becomes usable.
- Tbh I've just given up with him as an engineer. He goes and does side projects while his core base waits for updates, even while earning actual funding to improve said projects. For that much you could actually hire an engineer or two to build out Pixelfed more if you didn't want to anymore.
  
  "Pixelfed itself has also grown, and there are now reportedly 8 people joining the team."
  Fediverse report
- They will be implemented when a typescript or python clone will be created

I still don't see the repo containing the actual backend code.
- i thought it would be this one? https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server
  
  https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/pull/1

Pixelfed has been around for a couple of years. I created an account in the summer of 2022. But it didn't become popular until there was an app. A web app that does the same isn't enough. If it isn't in App Store/Play it doesn't exist for most people (which is something all Fediverse devs must think about).
Anyway, plenty of information about the development pace was available for anyone who wants to make an informed decision before they send their money somewhere. Apparently >2000 people thought it was worth it.

Excellent!

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"?
- 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.
- 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.

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