How will talented multi-instrumentalist Victor Dyotte get paid if he becomes a fedi-first artist? Paige and Victor discuss the challenge of the fediverse, which seems less about getting donations, ...
A problem I see with monetization: most transaction systems are easily traceable and not really anonymous (Paypal) – closed source, while they rely on multinational mega cooperations (Paypal; Alipay; …).
So to that end your account & character becomes easy to data-mine for that mega-co.
On the other hand: Any social network that allows for anonymity and new sign-ins will get spammed with Propaganda and AstroTurf in the long run.
A problem I see with monetization: most transaction systems are easily traceable and not really anonymous (Paypal) – closed source, while they rely on multinational mega cooperations (Paypal; Alipay; …). So to that end your account & character becomes easy to data-mine for that mega-co.
On the other hand: Any social network that allows for anonymity and new sign-ins will get spammed with Propaganda and AstroTurf in the long run.