I wouldn’t have given $8 to Elon if my life depended on it, but I just pledged $8 a month on Patreon to support my server. Why? 1. I know Mastodon is federated/decentralized, which means the only way to create the kind of space we want here is for each of us to do our part. 2. There are some in our culture who won’t believe we value something until we’re willing to pay for it. That I’d pay $8 for this & not Twitter says something about what’s important to me. How about everyone else?