Grocery stores have some good actors with employee owned and coops.

Yeah. Was surprised NAACP had them on their list but I suppose they still have DEI verbiage. But shady company (he types on his iPhone…)

Apple Ben and Jerry’s Costco Delta Airlines ELF Beauty

Yeah. That’s my local grocery store. It sounds like they treat their employees well and do a lot in the community. And tortillas.

I mean… is that union busting? I thought I read the union threatened to strike. Costco raised wages to advert a strike. Isn’t that just unions working as intended?

I make specialty vehicle electronics. My immediate thought was very small and cheap sensors. Similar to tire pressure monitoring but wired with CAN or something similar.

https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/slau908b/slau908b.pdf?ts=1742093653289&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Ftool%252FLP-MSPM0C1104%253Fhqs%253Depd-msp-procbr-mspm0_small-pr-evm-ew5-wwe

Hugo and bear blog are not Federated though right?

As soon as you think you know all the fediverse services out there…

Yeah. I’ve done WP before just wanted to try something new. Sounds like your setup isn’t too bad though.

I agree. AI could be good for first line of defense specifically for sorting our traumatizing gore and the like.

For normal moderation I think it’s only useful in the same way as spell check. Second set or eyes but human makes the final call.

Yes I think so. If they had an ad free versions I’d pay for it.

What are they looking at doing for revenue?

You could do a for profit without investors. Any profit goes back to employees and paying users. Make it the operating agreement from the get go and no one could come in.

Non profit in many places means you can’t sell a service. So you rely on donations. Which means you’re constantly asking for donations.

That’s hard. I like an algorithm I can control. Maybe could do ads in search only. I don’t know. Kind of hate ads.

Think beyond VC backed companies. Those get tons of attention because they need it.

Investors = bad. I whole heartedly agree.

For profit doesn’t have to be bad. What if it were a worker/user co-op. Have a free product and have a paid product. If you pay for the product you get a (just one) vote. If you work for the company you get a vote. Users won’t vote for maximizing profit. But the profit means you don’t have to beg for donations.

Craigslist would be another example. For profit but no major investors so doesn’t have to prioritize profits.