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Am I the only person concerned that one of only two developers on Lemmy has started a new, massive undertaking, basically building a new lemmy?
Interesting that they don't have time to add decent moderation tools, but do have time for this.
Its free, open source software folks. Its fine to not be happy about a projects direction, but these comments are really treading the "I payed them $0 and I demand my moneys worth!" line.
He spent 4 months working on another free, open source project bexause he wanted to. That's perfectly fair on his part. Working for $0 on things you want to work on is a sane and basic right we all have. The work may even help lemmy in an as yet unknown way.
You are as equally free as the lemmy dev to work on moderation tools. The fact that you have put in the same amount of work as the dev should tamp down the criticism a ways.
Now if you donate to the lemmy devs directly, fire away. If not, Rust is an excellent programming language that fits with the solarpunk ethos, so it might be a good avenue to learn if you want to help lemmy.
at some point i hope people do start to realize that open source means they get worked on by people, when they feel like it.
that cuts both ways. for some things it's great, for some things it's not. the end result can be great, but sometimes it takes a REALLY long time to get there.