I know you changed your comment because there's just SO much swirling around this post, so I'm going to be a bit of a jerk and use the technology to go back to the original one to try to craft a response

I'm starting a lot of the comment replies with a bit of copy pasta now as apology; I was initially attempting to reply to every comment from oldest to newest, but I've given up on that now to try to make

Thank you deeply, wizard friend. You more than anyone are usually at the brunt of my questions, pestering, and pulling together devrel/devops/tech support, when I am sourcing immediate troubleshooting

sorry, to correct meaning here: it would be manipulative NOW to present this conversation as "approve this or I stop everything and don't ever work again" versus, "the widest majority of

Thanks for the comment! There have been years of arguments that there absolutely should not be a salary for anyone, or that these tasks are not a position that should ever be paid up front, etc. from many

I'm starting a lot of the comment replies with a bit of copy pasta now as apology; I was initially attempting to reply to every comment from oldest to newest, but I've given up on that now to try to make

Fair take! I was initially attempting to reply to every comment from oldest to newest, but I've given up on that now to try to make sure that all negative or mixed comments are directly responded to first

sorry! I'm trying to go through all of them from oldest to newest so that they all get upvoted and responded to thoughtfully. I want to make sure the negative comments are treated with as much respect

I have no problem with standards at all. I think we're all very much in agreement on this one! The problems begin to arise when the tasks are, as mentioned in my post, under a multitude of verticals that

I've definitely kind of botched helping define this culture by trying to avoid repetitive asks or taking on tasks for people and the ecosystem piecemeal for no piece. For many years I've been trying to

I appreciate it! I do my best to be upfront, honest, and willing to be human about the way we engage in a relatively completely undefined and rapidly evolving construct. I'm always willing to come have

I agree. The waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and declining proposals over the past few years was silly. I did all of the same thinking and worrying that people here are feeling now in the moment

HEY! So before we address anything you wrote about me I think there is something that need to be pointed out: Stop apologizing for entering conversations you were expressly invited to. Content creators

I'm trying to work from oldest comments to newest here to make sure I don't miss anyone, but boy oh boy this has turned into a pretty crazy whirlwind. I appreciate your support and your comments. Trips

I agree with this. It would be a pretty weird thing to ask of him/the team.

He has not ever offered to pay me, nor has he ever discussed this being a position under the wide umbrella of his funding. I would hesitate to say that any of this should fall under that given the amount

I read this as he interprets this proposal as throwing the money away, so I think you guys are in agreement here :)

You know, I debated very heavily on including a section on how I plan to use these funds, because I don't think that should be a precedent set for any other proposals (your money is your money, just like

@offgridlife you'll find a really useful tool here that specifically pulls the totality of funds directed to an account via the paths you mentioned! You can easily drill down into the incoming transfers

I would agree in a perfect world, however waiting for the better markets over the past six years and consistently weighing sentiment and price against making a proposal is precisely how we are now in a