@dansup of course, monetization will (and probably should) happen. For me, it is important that it not the platform itself is the rent extractor.

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Threads & Bluesky hope to subsume the fediverse so exercise caution with "big, pushy neighbors trying to take over your front yard", as the saying goes.

@dansup try and explain this to the Oligarch Press and they just don't want to understand. Unless it's about Coin it's irrelevant to them.

@dansup I still like the idea that FLOSS developers and FLOSS creators can make a living from their work and passion. There are ways, I guess. We at #RKWard @rkward work on software because we like to do this, just like you. Keep up the good work and the spirit!

@dansup which platforms besides #mastodon are part of #fediverse ?

@dansup the natural state of the web and other technologies is federated. Think DNS, Web, Mobile, Email and now social media.

Monetisation is not a dirty word because creators, developers, admins etc need to keep the servers on and the apps developing but profit maximisation above all else just for shareholders is not the goal of the fediverse.

Money is another industry that needs federation. e.g bitcoin micropayments called SATs sent P2P over the lightning network is the future.

@dansup Remember that defederation harms decentralization and should be used as a last resort for instances that knowingly platform illegal content, have been notified about that content and do nothing about it. No moderation is perfect, but the highest priority for content moderation should be deleting illegal content and reporting it to the police, not policing naughty opinions and hurt feelings. When big tech knowingly focuses more on policing so called hate speech than protecting the millions of children that use their platforms, we all know where their priority lies. The fediverse can do better, and for the most part it is doing better. If Gab, Gettr, Truth Social, Minds, Threads and other corporate platforms want to connect, let them, let mastodon users hear what corporate fediverse users have to say, but just because you are a corporation doesn't mean you get a free pass to to be monopolize. The open protocol must remain open, but if we are to respect their rules than they must respect ours. That means that they do not get to complain about the otherwise lawful content we platform, nor do they get to complain about the fact that challenging corporate power is allowed on mastodon. Openness goes both ways and corporate platforms need to respect that, and we should respect that too.