I’m not an insider, so I don’t know anything that hasn’t been posted.
But I’m invested in the movement; I’ve been protesting at 50501 events since the first one on 2/5.

It seems the one thing everyone agrees on is that the movement is people like yourself — thinking in terms of insiders is risky and should be avoided. Nobody is a bigger part of this than you are. You're simply not a Reddit mod, and that might be a good thing.

Moving on:

1. Does it really? I guess some funding is needed for some infrastructure, but I would think funding should be decentralized just like the movement. I don't think it's in the interest of the movement that large sums of money are handled centrally. If server costs for sites like https://fiftyfifty.one/ or https://50501.chat/ needs to be covered the people behind them can fundraise directly for that purpose. Beyond that it's a protest movement, not a political campaign, and money always makes things more complicated. I could be wrong here, but I (of course) think I'm right.
2. If the user's story holds up I think most people would experience a mental health episode going through it, so I wouldn't necessarily hold that against them. The lack of transparency along the way is understandable in a way, but much more problematic in my opinion.
3. It's certainly not a great situation. I love the potential of 50501 paired with the Fediverse, and how the movement can be decentralized in a techincal sense throughout several platforms without hindering communication.

Keep up the good fight! :)