@atomicpoet@tyler So after reading this I've done a quick check for a description of ads on #Calckey/#Misskey. I've found little or nothing, undoubtedly because I don't know what I'm looking for exactly. Any pointers would be appreciated.
I imagine that many #Fediverse users would be opposed to ads, so I'm someone surprised to read of suck a capability.
@atomicpoet@tyler I quite like the option of having the functionality there. It’s not something that needs to be used for advertising for products but could be used for public service announcement style campaigns.
Things like the recent change in the UK to require ID when voting could be advertised on a UK focused server. Or a university based instance might want to warn people of disruptions on campus. Useful stuff that isn’t an announcement but people may benefit from seeing.
@atomicpoet@tyler why would I ever join a an instance of something on the fediverse that has ads I would rather donate to keep my favorite services up and running then see ads to keep them up and running.
@Spellbind0127@tyler That's a good question. There's quite a few high profile Fediverse servers that show ads. Some of them are based on Mastodon, and some on Misskey. Why people join, I don't know -- but they exist.
@TerryHancock you see being a different mastodon instance that I don't help host would be the smart thing for me to do because i am also a broke college student. Selfhosting your own mastodon server is fun but not a good idea when your broke.
@kainoa@atomicpoet@tyler it would be kinda cool if there were some "donate to calckey" banner ads or something, also would show people they can run ads on calckey
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