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I'm actually kind of frustrated.

Once more we see a #socialmedia exodus and not a single one of the fun content creators I love from say #Instagram make their way over to #Mastodon, #Pixelfeed or #Loops. Why?

BECAUSE NO DIRECT #MONETIZATION!

Do you understand what weeks or months of labor looks like? If no #ad revenue, if no #superchat, if no #donate button, then why even make the effort?!

The #fediverse needs to grow up and carve out direct paths to monetization.

#Decentralize the bag!
#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #Instagram #ad #donate #loops #monetization #pixelfeed #superchat #decentralize
JimmyB (he/him)
but lots of us are here precisely because it’s not commercial: the web is full of places that are. This is one - just one - place that isn’t. That’s fabulous!
Thor A. Hopland
Who are "lots of us"? Do you all care about bringing decentralized technology to the masses?

Because the goal here is to bring decentralized technology to the masses. It's invariably a part of the mission statement of most fediverse platforms.
Thor A. Hopland
To exclude payment services and monetization also means you're letting the big social platforms be the sole providers and partners, meaning artists and creators are a captured audience.

Making money isn't evil, nor is it what defines capitalism. It is how people put food on their plates, and platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitch and TikTok give people an option to escape one oligarch, only to be subservient to Silicon Valley oligarchs.

Free the content creator I say.
JimmyB (he/him)
So I understand, but payment services aren't neutral facilitators of commerce. They routinely harvest data, scam customers, align politically with fascists - and corrupt our politics.

Sadly, in much of the world we are pretty dependent on them. But here, we can be free of them in a non-commercial environment. Folks are welcome to - and do - point followers away to other places where they sell stuff. I go to those places and buy myself. But here - it's great we don't have them.
JimmyB (he/him)
"Do you all care about bringing decentralized technology to the masses?"

Honestly - no, I really don't. I'm on no mission. The world would really not be interested if I were. I regard my compatriots largely, with absolute disgust. I want as little to do with most as I can. So no: if we have a very different place here with different standards, that's excellent. I know it's not perfect - at all - but there are elements that work. I'm keen to keep them and will leave if they go.
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