Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about PeerTube, Loops, Bandwagon, and other platforms in the Fediverse that are geared around artists. I might get flamed for this, and you’re welcome to disagree, but I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.

Not “Big Capitalism” commerce, but the ability for people to buy and sell things, support projects, and commission their favorite creators to keep making more stuff.

  • OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Thanks for bringing it up. Nobody likes to talk about money in the Fediverse, but it’s a fact of life.

    I’ve stopped making Peertube videos lately mainly because I got tired of donating. We’ve got to come up with a better solution.

    • Bababasti@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Money being considered to be a “fact of life“ is the sad part here. It’s not a natural system that just is and we cannot change. That doesn’t mean I disagree with you. I‘d be upset not getting a paycheck at the end of this month and rely on money like everyone else because we live in this late stage capitalist hell. But I refuse to accept any monetary system as a natural given, that’s probably all i‘m trying to say.