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Frontend Dogma<p>Impact of AI on Tech Content Creators, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@chriscoyier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chriscoyier</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://chriscoyier.net/2025/07/23/impact-of-ai-on-tech-content-creators/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chriscoyier.net/2025/07/23/imp</span><span class="invisible">act-of-ai-on-tech-content-creators/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>career</span></a></p>
Frontend Dogma<p>I Used n8n and ChatGPT and Reddit to Make $2.4K in 7 Days—Here’s How, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@AskWithAi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AskWithAi</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://archive.fo/ut0lg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.fo/ut0lg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tooling</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>"In 2024, social media <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/VLOPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VLOPs</span></a> submitted their first risk assessments under the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a>. None of the VLOPs identified <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> systems as a <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/systemicrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemicrisk</span></a>."</p><p>"Decisions over who is eligible for payment, &amp; what actors &amp; content get financially rewarded, can substantially shape the content that gets created, amplified, and consumed."</p><p>Crucial report by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/whattofix.tech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whattofix.tech</span></a></span> on how <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a>'s monetization schemes create systemic risks under the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://www.whattofix.tech/publications/systemic-risks-annual-report/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whattofix.tech/publications/sy</span><span class="invisible">stemic-risks-annual-report/</span></a></p>
JBrickelt963 ✊(φ)🚩<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> Yes. But it's still something essential... I mean, earning a living. And that makes me think of video content creators like on YouTube.</p><p>It's something that's present and needs to be taken into account. For example, on Peertube, I think there's a feature to provide financial support with a redirect link 🤔</p><p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/VideoLoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoLoops</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/LoopsVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoopsVideo</span></a></p>
flo<p><span>Ich weiß nicht mehr, wie ich auf Odysee als Video-Plattform gestoßen bin, aber die Monetarisierungs-Optionen sehen mir recht fair aus, oder? <br><br></span><a href="https://help.odysee.tv/payments-chart/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">help.odysee.tv/payments-chart/</a><span> <br><br></span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Odysee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Odysee</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/ContentCreation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContentCreation</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Video" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Video</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Monetarisierung" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monetarisierung</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Monetization" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monetization</a></p>
Michaël | HouseStationLive.com<p>WHEN THE PLATFORM IS THE CLIENT — AND THE THIEF<br>May 18, 2025</p><p>What if a lawyer no longer met their client, but handed their case files to YouTube? What if someone broke into your home, took your creative work, promised fair compensation — and just never delivered? This isn’t fiction. This is the daily reality for millions of content creators. We don’t own the platform. We don’t own the audience. And we don’t own the terms. When you can’t negotiate your price, protect your reach, or even prove your value — what’s left to own, except your burnout? I wrote this as a warning. And a reckoning.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>YOU BRING THE CASE, THEY TAKE THE CASH — AND LEAVE YOU WITH THE BURNOUT</p><p>Take a lawyer. A lawyer earns money because their time has value. They meet their clients, set their fees, and are paid for every hour worked. That’s why they have offices, good equipment, tailored clothes — because their profession pays. Now imagine that law worked like YouTube. The lawyer doesn’t meet the client anymore. The lawyer meets YouTube. YouTube meets the client. YouTube takes the money. And the lawyer gets nothing — or maybe a few coins. In this version of the world, the lawyer wouldn’t have a proper office, or nice clothes, or financial stability. They’d look exactly like many full-time creators today: overqualified, underpaid, exhausted, and invisible. If video production followed the same structure as law — say €120/hour — YouTube would have to make content genuinely profitable before acquiring it. Creators would be professionals with autonomy and fair rates. But instead, creators hand over both their work and their clients to a machine that doesn’t pay — and calls it a platform.</p><p>Now imagine this: it’s the middle of the night. You’re asleep. A thief breaks into your house. He doesn’t take your jewelry or your wallet — he takes your tapes. Your creative work. He doesn’t steal it out of passion. He takes it to become the only one allowed to exploit it commercially — without ever paying you. The next day, he comes back. You hand him the key. You give him the code to the safe. He smiles and says: “If your videos are worth anything, you’ll be compensated fairly. We have a monetization system.” Meanwhile, he generates millions. He shows your videos selectively. He suppresses your reach. And he convinces you that no one cares — so that he doesn’t have to share anything. It’s not just your content that was taken. It’s your ability to prove its worth. This isn’t a partner. It’s a slot machine. Everything is designed to maximize its revenue. Nothing is designed to sustain the people who make it run.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>YOUTUBE DOESN’T EARN ITS CUT</p><p>The cut YouTube takes isn’t justified by any kind of visibility. People say, “They take 30%, but at least they bring you an audience.” No — they don’t bring anyone. They host my videos, and I have to do all the work to attract viewers myself. Only after I’ve already generated traffic do they start treating me as worth promoting — not to help, but to feed more users into a system that’s already profitable for them. If I don’t build the mill myself, they won’t bring the water. They won’t even help me build it. They only show up when the harvest is good — and only to pick the fruit. Meanwhile, they discard what they consider to be “bad crops,” even when the fruit is perfectly fine. This isn’t failure. It’s industrial-scale waste — of labor, energy, and money that doesn’t belong to them.<br>¯</p><p>_<br>||<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLdiary</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLmichael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSLmichael</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ContentCreator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreator</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalWork</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/PlatformAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformAbuse</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Happy people can't be monetized, this is why billionaires and tech companies need to keep you unhappy, angry, or scared. Resist. Be happy.<br> -- Ron Gilbert (@grumpygamer)</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RonGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonGilbert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anger</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fear</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Happiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Happiness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panopainting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Junkyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Junkyard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@newsmast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>newsmast</span></a></span> </p><p>To the degree possible, <a href="https://c.im/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> should be free from <a href="https://c.im/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> by individuals (<a href="https://c.im/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a>), <a href="https://c.im/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>), computers (<a href="https://c.im/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a>, "<a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>", or governments.</p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Everybody will get a chance to monetize their hobbies now!</p><p>Twitch Is Making Big Changes To Its Monetization Policies In 2025 </p><p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-is-making-big-changes-to-its-monetization-policies-in-2025/1100-6529764/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamespot.com/articles/twitch-i</span><span class="invisible">s-making-big-changes-to-its-monetization-policies-in-2025/1100-6529764/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitch</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/ContentCreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreation</span></a></p>
anubis2814Over time I have noticed a steep decline in my <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> channel <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> , yet I see people with inferior channels and even video and acting quality make serious money. For me, knowledge and presentation of knowledge in a digestible is key to videos I want to watch which means I'm in a small bubble of a wider world of human raw vulnerability channels.<br>One of the big reasons I grew at all in my <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> days was that I gave direct raw vulnerable first hand accounts of my negative (and a few positive) experiences with <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> and how I grew out of that into a better person. I also was showing my face, my awkwardness and my rough edge with minimal edits.<br>As videos got more professional over time and trying to keep up with that got more difficult, I shifted over to image based videos fully and haven't had my face on cam for probably 3-4 years now.<br>I feel like if I want to go forward at all, especially if it comes to making money, I will need to go back on camera and dilute the amount of information I put into one video to make it more digestible from a trusted vulnerable face that a video I want to watch which is a information dense video with as much knowledge and nuance packed in as possible, but then again I'm on the <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spectrum</span></a> and most normies don't enjoy that at all. I play almost all videos at 2x speed, unless the accent gets in the way.<br>I'm going to have to commit or not, but I will make that decision after I'm done with the majority of my solarpunkusa channel topics.<br>I have a feeling that these vulnerable videos are much more of a draw because people are so <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=lonely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lonely</span></a> and don't know how to make friends, so they rely on parasocial relationships to get that same fix. Sustainable <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> have knowledgeable seniors you know how to interact with without effort, most don't know how to have those kinds of relationships. Just going to have to figure out how to blend leftish politics and personal vulnerability together.
PaulaToThePeople 😷<p>Q1: Do you think a world would work where everything necessary (basic supplies, care &amp; services) and easily reproducible (digital goods, knowledge, information) was free for everybody - including not paying with data or through ads?</p><p>Q2: Do you think a world works, where these things are not free?</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UniversalBasicCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalBasicCare</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FreeKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FreeCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCulture</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PayWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayWall</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEO</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>Spotify is -only- interested in music as far as they can monetize on your taste &amp; behaviours &amp; nothings else &gt;</p><p><a href="https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebaffler.com/downstream/big-</span><span class="invisible">mood-machine-pelly</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/behaviors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behaviors</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/analytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analytics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/brands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brands</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/playlists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>playlists</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/profiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiling</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Time to add some poetry to your feed! Here's a little something by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@brianbilston" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>brianbilston</span></a></span>, the Banksy of the poetry world, about monetizing your followers.</p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BrianBilston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrianBilston</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Monet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monet</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
Børge<p>I would pay for a <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> account that would let me sync my desktop calendar events with my phone and my phone photos with my desktop in a super simple way.</p><p>Yes, I know about NextCloud and Syncthing, but please do not try to reply to me saying they are simple to set up and keep going!</p><p>Seeing as Gnome need better <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a>. But seeing as Ubuntu One failed, I won't say this is a certain win. Just saying I'd pay for it.</p>
Henry Fisher<p>I'm contemplating whether it's worth delving into BlueSky. On one hand, their product is noticeably more convenient compared to Mastodon. On the other hand, what is BlueSky really? What is their strategy? Having secured $8 million in a seed round, they've entered a predictable game. Despite their current promises, this may lead to standard recommendation algorithms aimed at increasing advertising volume. As an entrepreneur, I understand the need to build a monetization model, and there's nothing wrong with that. But the question is: will BlueSky become yet another mass-market product that sooner or later ends up in the hands of another Elon Musk, as happened with Twitter? So I've decided for myself: BlueSky is interesting, but it's not worth fully transitioning from Mastodon just yet.</p><p> </p><p>Tags: <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a></p>
MylesRyden<p>2/2</p><p>So, content creator, I am actually doing you a favor by blocking your ads. I can actually concentrate on your content, and I might actually enjoy it. If I enjoy it, I might share it with others -- who might be interested in your ads. And using your content might actually get me interested in trying something new -- something you might be advertising on your site. Maybe I click on an affiliate link. Maybe even I share that. Maybe I actually come to trust your judgment on which products are best in the field you are talking about. Wouldn't that be worth something?</p><p>But sure, scream at me to turn off my adblocker in the hopes that Google can forcefeed me some crap that I will never, ever click on. When in reality, I am closing the tab immediately and never coming back.</p><p>How does that benefit you??</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a></p>
MylesRyden<p>Here is another thought on adblocker blockers...</p><p>Just hit another page begging me to turn off my adblocker before I could see the content. As usual, I just closed the page.</p><p>But, let's look at it from a slightly different point of view...</p><p>I understand that you want/need to get some revenue from your page. But the reason I am using an adblocker is </p><p>1. Many pages are just unviewable/useable with disruptive ads, so I can see or enjoy the content you worked so hard on. If you didn't work hard on it, I don't want to see it any way.</p><p>2. I don't want to bother with ads because they are little or no use to me. I don't need or buy much, and when I do I specifically search it. I would never, ever click on an unsolicited ad because of the hellscape of trackers and further ads it opens up.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monetization</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
We Distribute<p></p><p>A new startup in Fediverse space offers a unique way for people to support their favorite creatives and builders on the network.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/subclub-paid-subscriptions/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/subclub-paid-subscriptions/</a></p>
Børge<p>Roads are not financed with ads or donations. Neither are water mains, waste treatment plants, power lines, train tracks, schools, and so much more.</p><p>The world is going to shit for many reasons, but one of them is that online tools must have ads to survive, and free software tools don't get nearly enough donations.</p><p>Maybe it's time to finance more of our digital infrastructure trough taxes?</p><p><a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/DigitalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a></p>
Mark Gardner<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tattooed_Mummy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lproven</span></a></span> but what about mah <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> 🤑</p>