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@matt I say "like what?" because part of what I do for a living now is find problems that are keeping the Fediverse from growing and improving, and then I find money to help fix those problems. Sometimes with technology, sometimes with convening meetings, sometimes with research.

So, knowing what experienced instance operators like you think needs to be done to make the Fediverse bigger and better is a really big deal for me!

@aslakr @jaz @benpate

@aslakr I can only imagine @evan says "like what?" because he's thinking of the protocol / backend work and not Mastodon as a piece of software with a frontend.

There's so much sub-par public UX in Mastodon, but even more so if you look at the Admin and Moderation panels. A lot needs a rethink.

But this $$$ is not being spent on that. It's 2 backend engineers to work on backend according to the press release.

I just don't see E2EE as a priority for a Mastodon experience.

@jaz @benpate

@jaz @evan @benpate I would add, in regards to 'Signal has 50 employees", that Mastodon does not. And there's a lot of things that need fixing and improving already without having to solve E2EE messaging.

Something, something, resourcing.

But whatever, it is what it is. I'm sure it'll be fine. It just sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of reward. 🙃

@emd You may have seen @evan 's post a few days ago that the best ceasefire would be no more killing and higher oil prices. Maybe that will happen, though of course a would be better, since the revenue could be transferred back to the public.

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