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How could users Monitise themselves on the Fediverse? (mastodon.social)

submitted 8 months ago by samxavia@mastodon.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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@asklemmy How could users Monitise themselves on the Fediverse?

As people possibly move across to the Fediverse to find alternatives, we have to question how people are going to make a living on this amazing platform.

Can it be fully run by donations or is there a better way for people to be paid across the Fediverse?

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[-] pineapple_pizza@lemmy.dexlit.xyz 0 points 8 months ago

I've wondered if "premium instances" will become a thing at some point. Not sure how that would work federation wise though. Maybe you're just paying for an uptime SLA and improved moderation?

Any premium or restricted content kinda works against how the fediverse works.

Maybe certain communities could be instance only? Or only local, paying, users can post or comment.

[-] anarchost@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

That's what Nostr is supposed to be for. Looking for ways to monetize decentralized social media. So far, they've only imagined cryptocurrency transactions.

[-] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

That’s what Nostr is supposed to be for. Looking for ways to monetize decentralized social media.

I thought it was more interested in making a more censorship resistant form of online communication, with the crypto/monetization junk being tacked on as kind of an afterthought (but then amplified because cryptocurrency people are nothing if not vocal).

[-] anarchost@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

As far as I can tell, it was basically intended as a cryptocurrency pushing network from the beginning. Here's some marketing babble right from their site:

Integrated with lightning [cryptocurrency], Nostr enables new value-for-value business models that have the potential to be more fair.

More PR speak about zaps (cryptocurrency exchanges), wallets, etc are all accessible from the official website.

[-] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ah yeah, my bad, I also see this on another part of the site regarding "zaps":

From the beginning of the Nostr protocol, it was common to see Lightning invoices in notes.

I think I remembered it otherwise by coming at it from the decentralized comms angle instead of the cryptobro angle.

[-] samxavia@mastodon.social 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that doesn't seem right. Correction 1: I guess, for instance, they may become pay monthly just to have upkeep and moderation covered themselves. That would be an ok thing in my eyes.

But for content creators and stuff, a pay-to-view system isn't really a good idea. Guess it would have to be done through donations instead, as that's the only thing that sort of makes sense.

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