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tech, activism, looks like a subtoot but isn't meant as one 

Please, tech people, learn the lesson that startups and other tech companies will only hire you and fund your 'social good' work for as long as it makes business sense for them, regardless of what they promise, and that you really do actually need to build your own community infrastructure that doesn't rely on corporate funding!

Sure, if someone offers a bag of money that can be put to good use, and accepting it doesn't come with strings, go for it - but you really need to be working on your own thing in parallel instead of expecting your employer to keep bankrolling things forever. Corporations are not your allies in social matters, no matter how friendly a face they put on.

(This was inspired by a toot elsewhere but is not intended as a subtoot of that - I've been seeing this pattern for years now and most people don't seem to be learning from it)

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