That was a fun interview and informative and personal … which I really enjoyed. It’s also amazing to get a response from the creative head of the project.

It’s not so much for praise worship or to become a mindless fan … I want to get to know who the person and people are that are behind a software project that I want to use. I got into Lemmy and enjoyed it for a while before I started hearing about who the developers are. Although I was disappointed by who the developers are and what they represent, I also didn’t fully understand the animosity between everyone - if they are so terrible, why do people work with them or use their software - and if they are so terrible, why do they share their work and allow it be freely used by their opponents. It feels a lot more like sibling rivalry … where the siblings are fighting one another but can’t bear or are incapable of living without each other.

As you alluded to, Piefed is a breath of fresh air as the extreme politics are removed from the conversation. It feels good to know a bit more about who the person is behind the project and what they think and how they see the world. It makes me feel more comfortable to use this software.

I also noted the books you mentioned and will add them to my reading list …

• ‘The Ministry For The Future’ by Kim Stanley Robinson
• ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey

… and we already watched the film ‘Don’t Look Up’ and even though it seems to be panned by others as a lacklustre film, like you, we thoroughly enjoyed it as it was a great mirror to our world and how we should look at what we are doing to ourselves and how we are dealing with global problems.

Thanks again for sharing this interview … it’s a great insight into your mind and now I feel a whole lot better about staying in Piefed and using it more. I definitely feel a whole more confident in promoting it to others around me and to grow this corner of the fediverse.