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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2023 20:53:39 EDT lnxw48a1
   Ah, some further light on the #e-begging controversy. Someone told me that Hachyderm raises funds for the instance's operation but bans its users / members from fundraising.
   
   That's different than I understood it, and makes Hachyderm's administrators look like jerks.
   
   I still feel that dotArt (mastodon.art)'s administrators sound authoritarian ("we decide what actions you are allowed take to make your users' experience pleasant").
   
   How about people tagging their posts appropriately, so that people who don't want to see begposts can filter them?
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2023 21:26:34 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      Someone said I was being unnecessarily harsh because I said:
      
      > ... for someone who both
      
      > (A) needs the help and I feel that I have enough evidence to know they aren't scamming me; and
      > (B) is trying to develop their own funding sources (job, contract, selling drawings / paintings, writing articles, making podcast episodes, making a product and selling it on Etsy) and fix any spending issues; and
      > (C) has attempted to find local resources to deal with their issue
      
      > I do try to give what help I can when I can.
      
      I'm sorry, but if I'm going to work overtime hours for a few months in order to pay for my expenses the rest of the year, someone can at least be trying to earn their own way before they ask me to support them.