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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.
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.
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).
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:
More PR speak about zaps (cryptocurrency exchanges), wallets, etc are all accessible from the official website.
Ah yeah, my bad, I also see this on another part of the site regarding "zaps":
I think I remembered it otherwise by coming at it from the decentralized comms angle instead of the cryptobro angle.
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.