Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@ilyess Good point, always worth asking this and discussing.

So what is needed is for us to be able to easily find the donation button for the instance we are on.

I was on diaspora years ago, and the instance I was on had a scale graphic where we could see what was needed (target) and how much had been raised.

@skanman

Cool thanks

Code Club is part of the Raspberry Pi foundation, so that is a charity / non profit, the club is run by me as a volunteer with Libraries Unlimited

I have helped in schools where the computers not set up properly hinder what I am trying to do, not all schools have technicians any more (budgets) .

I am getting there slowly, got one more volunteer on board which will help me greatly.

Sometimes not having the right tech expertise is an asset,

@ejoftheweb @lennardvanotterloo @jburnmurdoch @t0nyyates

But if it forces changes for the better then that could be a good thing.

So if bluesky is a project to develop adecentralised a protocol, why not just use Activity pub, and use the money to invest in the development of Activity Pub

@ilyess

Yes I find them annoying at the start of you tube videos.

Question is can we advertise here and use that to help maintain the servers, so maybe an instance sponsor or if a company set their own instance up can they promote / advertise their services.

Some instances are feeling pressure right now, so need more resources.

@rysiek

Yes but by users for users, which is why I actually like it here,

@lennardvanotterloo @ejoftheweb @jburnmurdoch @t0nyyates

The tide against big tech appears to be well and truly turning.

@JamesGleick A good reason to be able to fact check and see the original post and context.

@bestforbritain

I agree, I am on Twitter but less and less) too, and this is very useful for promoting alternatives.

@christine @rysiek Welcome to Mastodon

@bestforbritain Sounds good, are you up for advocating smaller tech, e.g what we have here, a move away from big tech towards a more ethical model e.g free and open source software. ?

@skanman

Great piece, I agree with much of what you are saying here.

And yes, there are 2 groups of people those who want to isolate, those that don't

Grab (not literally) the ones that want to be part of something and encourage, nurture them, help them be the best they can be.

I run code club, some kids come every session others come once or twice then vanish, despite showing interest.

I had one interested in cyber security, spent ages putting some video links and other resources together to help me help with that, he never turned up again,

A lot of people want FREE activities, those providing want Volunteers. This never works long term, as the volunteers have no budget or resources to work with, or those resources are badly / never maintained.

I am not addicted to tech, I refuse to be part of the tech that makes people addicted. i can switch off and watch a movie or go and help at my local American Football for a few hours and be phone / tech free.

Keep up with what you are doing, as it is not your fault people choose to pay you and you make money, rather than learning and creating so they make money.

@liaizon @rozina @piggo

I did sign up to usenet via https://www.eternal-september.org but never really got back in to it, there is a 'lot' of random junk posting on there. so unless there is better moderation useful stuff gets lost in the noise.