What obligation do #platformcoops have to operate at the same scale as or even outperform their venture capital funded corporate counterparts? If a #platformcoop does not succeed in having a similar reach as major corporations with comparable features, should it be considered "low quality" or are there other standards of success worth considering?
#Funkwhale does the streaming but they are designed around users hosting their own music, much more so than musicians. it's just very confusing design imo.
the payments need to be addressed by something like a new open protocol ala the @w3c.
People too often talk about “The Fediverse version of X”, or “Add ActivityPub to X” without actually talking about the point of it, or what the functionality would be. It’s discussed like a badge that says “I did Fediverse to it”. I wish people discussed this kind of thing from the feature level first. What is it you want to do? What would federation offer you? Does that even make sense for that product? Just saying “Fediverse version of the Chase credit card app” sounds great, but what would that even mean? Is that something people need, or do you just want more “Fediverse stuff”?
I often get requests for random Federated ideas with Owncast that sound cool, but don’t truly solve a problem people have. Identify a problem, come up with useful functionality, work backwards from there.
the former is what I want #Funkwhale to be but definitely isn't yet. I'm not sure if that's their goal. atm it seems much more focused on being a cloud music service for you and your online friends, not a place for musicians. still appreciate their work.
Do you want to help support #Fediverse musicians, like the ones you hear on @radiofreefedi? We are looking to increase our coverage, starting with more Mixtapes. But, we need your help!
We are looking for volunteers interested in helping us make more Mixtapes, with the ultimate goal of releasing a new one every Friday. Don't worry - we'll be using a round robin so that different people take turns.
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I'm annoyingly obsessed with what #funkwhale could be. like the fedi and as you said, I feel like it was designed for a different audience/goal. we almost need a different server and app designed for musicians. but one that would be compatible with FW.
give artists a way to build their site ala WordPress, but also connect to everyone else to provide a decentralized Spotify. and get all musicians on the fedi.
I feel weird about @radiofreefedi. I'm not sure how to articulate it except that it's kinda centralized and it's not primarily #ccmusic afaik. imo the energy should be going towards people building apps like #funkwhale, letting everyone share/support the work however they want and highlighting all the curators running streams/podcasts about music. grow the whole infrastructure and community.
the "elephant (the whale?) in the room" is https://funkwhale.it itself and the the metadata on both the #mastodonuno accounts @funkcastmusicwhale and @funkwhale linking to #funkwhaleit
apart from #funkwhale#brandjacking, the wording is misleading "Funkwhale.it is an independent project run by the community of Italian enthusiasts of funkwhale.audio, which let you listen to and share music and podcasts etc." / "Welcome to Funkwhale Italia! The funkwhale Italian instance"
Connaissez-vous des chaînes éducatives, de dessins-animés, de documentaires animaliers, de chansons pour des enfants de moins de 6 ans sur #peertube ou sur #funkwhale ?
Merci d'avance aux personnes qui repartagerons ma question pour lui permettre de collecter davantage de réponses. :)
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