Post by @mxchara@cyberpunk.lol

2026-10-19 00:56 UTC

@dnkboston@apobangpo.space @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @zzt@mas.to I would like to add: a bad-faith organization is always going to treat their "donation" as if they're buying something. The money is bait; once taken, the fashy organization will use that inroad, perhaps offering even more money but only in exchange for concessions (like, say, pressing for acceptance of LLM garbage.)

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@zzt@mas.to 2026-10-19 01:04

@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol @dnkboston@apobangpo.space @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org they’re very good at veiling their demands, too if you don’t comply, they’ll of course take their money elsewhere. but that represents a gigantic chunk of your donor base. and naturally they’ve been given leniency in community spaces as they push everyone else out. after all, they contributed so much (money, almost never labor) and now they have a favor to ask! and they tell you you’ll be doing what the community wants anyway (because they’ve bought the ability to shout down anyone who dissents), so what’s the problem? and if you don’t do it, all they’ll do is leave. them and their money. and they might talk shit to your other donors on the way out too. they’ll be as loud and damaging as they can be, actually. and if you’re familiar with the history of organized crime: yes, this is how the mafia used to turn personal favors into racketeering. fascists are criminals, and they use criminal tactics.

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