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api on Nov 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

I use Mastodon a lot now. It has greatly improved vs years ago but yes it still lags behind what closed silos can do. The main reason for this is lack of an economic model to fund polish.

Same is true for all the other FOSS decentralized things.

dane-pgp on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

Maybe Mastodon/Fediverse instances need to start giving out blue checkmarks to accounts that pay them $8 per month to fund development/design work. Then if enough brands and celebrities move away from Twitter, their followers could bully them into paying this fee to support the ecosystem.

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