• Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    5 months ago

    I think the answer is not to gatekeep against advertising actively, but to have a platform that is resilient to that kind of thing. Like, if there were advertising on an instance people would fucking BOUNCE I think. And if it got somehow baked into the platform itself there would be a new fork with the advertising excised before the sun went down.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      5 months ago

      I’m not sure about that. What if advertising were used to cover server costs, just like donations right now? Then the community may be fine with it.

      But I think it’s very dangerous to go down that route. Because it’s going to become about higher profits, not just covering costs, in the long run.

      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        I don’t know either, but so far not a single instance has even tried to my knowledge. I have a very hard time imagining people being okay with it.