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Its actually a small volunteer crew not one guy, and they are great! We have shared their posts on our socials, they do the guide, a weekly access radio show, f
by berghoffer 1mo ago
Its actually a small volunteer crew not one guy, and they are great!
We have shared their posts on our socials, they do the guide, a weekly access radio show, free classifieds, all self funded... Which is exactly what Propel exists to support.
On the profitable social media bit. I have been a worker in the scene for 8 years, running events, promoting other people, pushing the scene. And i'll keep doing it here because I love it, not because theres money in it.
- em-bee 1mo agobut if you are not volunteering then your ability to do it still depends on there being money in it.
- alwa 1mo agoEh… seems to me that in a lot of scenes, “volunteer”-vs-“paid” is something of a spectrum…
- em-bee 1mo agonaturally. as in any space that has people doing it for love but also has people paying to participate. in FOSS too. see also my other comment...
- wffurr 1mo agoGotta pay the rent somehow. There has to be enough money in it somewhere for people to pay the rent so they can put the time in, or it doesn't happen.
- em-bee 1mo agoof course. that's the point. what matters is that there still is enough money in it that enables some people to make a living of it. and that's great. since we are discussing a decline, people no longer being able to make a living are the first casualties. being able to do get paid for that work is a sign of health. as someone involved with Free Software and Open Source, i can sympathize. the number of people who can get paid while at the same time doing it for the love of it is very small. i love to work on FOSS too, but i can't afford to do it without getting paid.