As long as capitalism rules the world it's inevitable that free or mostly alturistic projects will fail. Unless you have a wealthy benefactor or find other sources of income.
The original Flattr was a good idea, but the non-success and shutdown shows that people are absolutely not interested in donating without getting something in return.
The original Reddit gold, although flawed, was a good way to support a platform and show appreciation to a certain contributor.
Maybe a similar system can be implemented where the owners and maintainers get a small cut each time a "gold" is bought and given? But then the question becomes, who will administer that...
Crypto/token-based incentives in any form will likely fail because of value speculation.
Perhaps voluntary paid subscription is the right way to go? Get a nice acknowlegement on your profile, and the ability to double upvote a limited number of posts and users? Perhaps access to advanced (own)user statistics? Customizable interface? Templates? Basically cosmetic DLC with a couple of perks.
I like board. Communities is too long, and coms sound like communication which armies use, magazines/mags is a bit odd and may be mistaken with the obvious gun reference. Forum is like the pre digg forums (like hardforum.com).
I have no clever thing to say except it seems Spez is, without joking or being mean, clinically insane.
The dedicated content creator userbase is long gone, and it shows. The casual content creator is leaving. The lurker and occasional poster will have nothing to read, except the thinly veiled ads pretending to be organic posts. It's quickly becoming a digital wasteland. Fun to digg through maybe, just like we leaf through an old book sometimes.
Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement...
I'd like to post things, but are the communities, instances or whatever superagressive if you "Post the wrong thing to the wrong place TM", even by accident or misunderstanding? I stopped contributing to Reddit because of it.
And can the post-box be at the top of the page, before comments instead of at the bottom?
In contemplating a decentralized future
I've had three glasses of wine after a long day at work, and I've began thinking about the slow shift towards federalization/decentralization....
uhhh... what do I call the "subreddits"?
Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over (arstechnica.com)
Apparently the Reddit AMA with Steve Huffman went about as well as it could go off the rails. (techcrunch.com)
Hello! Can we normalize a few things?
Don't be a vote connoisseur here please. Redefine how you think about voting and participating....
Do your part, try not to lurk!
Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement...