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1. Swanye (swanye@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 08:01:48 UTC Swanye

   This is a post I probably should have made weeks ago but, well, life has refused to let me remain uninvolved the past few months, sadly.

   With the influx of new users to the Fediverse from #Tumblr, I wanted to be a good neighbor and, at least, welcome you. When Tumblr had, first, been bought my #Automattic and there was a sort of revival going on over there, I was preoccupied with how to get attention for my alternative but, nevertheless, hopeful it might follow WordPress and become open-source.

   • Swanye (swanye@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 08:01:46 UTC Swanye

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     If you're curious about the project, going through the media tab of this account generally has past development updates and, if you're curious about anything, always feel free to just shoot me said question; I may not always be timely in my response but I'd like to think I'm friendly and I do enjoy interacting with others.

     I was drawn to the Fediverse because social media – like all socializing – should be something we can easily engage with/in; it should enrich us, not take something from us.

   • Swanye (swanye@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 08:01:47 UTC Swanye

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     The space is still new and being molded but I think many who've sought out the Fediverse have done so because they were hoping for an improvement on the way corporate social media is conducted. I have high hopes for the type of inclusivity and restoration of autonomy we can create here.

     There're a lot more Fediverse Tumblr clones around these days (which is great) & I'm hoping we can create blogging env.s that don't require us to so singularly rely on individuals (who may turn out to be awful).

     rosa roja repeated this.
   • Swanye (swanye@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 08:01:47 UTC Swanye

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     For those who've been following this project to begin with, I'm afraid I'm still stuck in job limbo; as much as I'd like to just ignore that and work on Swanye (a possibility that anxiety, unfortunately, too easily confuses for a valid coping mechanism), I've got a family which relies on me and, therefore, makes getting employed, again, much more pressingly mandatory. I don't have any intent to abandon the project (nor desire to) but I am, sadly, constrained from the choice I'd like to make.

     rosa roja repeated this.
   • Swanye (swanye@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 08:01:48 UTC Swanye

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     It wouldn't benefit /me/ or my project but it would benefit many Tumblr users and, well, that's the important part, in the end; between rising COVID cases (and, now, measles! Thanks; I hate it) and unfettered capitalism and other such phenomenon, we live in times that don't consider or prioritize the health and safety of others and it seemed like Automattic might be the exception to this.

     Clearly (unfortunately), no; but I /am/ glad that so many of you wound up here.

     rosa roja repeated this.