Monetization is often a struggle for big open-source projects, donations are nice but I think they often fall short.

Something to consider is to add Rewards people get if they donate, which they can then hand out to posts or comments that they like. I feel this could add a lot to PieFed and is a great feature to have.

The potential extra income from people buying rewards could be used for better servers, more storage, to cover dev costs etc.

I have no clue how Federation would work around this it’s probably complex. Thoughts?

Edit: We could have a option to hide badges for those that don’t want this feature. It’s purely cosmetic

  • keepthepace@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
    4·
    10 days ago

    Purely cosmetic vanity items are pretty ok I feel. Someone is putting a badge “I supported this with $5” someone else “I had 5k USD to spare, look at how rich I am”, that does not bother me. It is actually informative and not necessarily the badge of honor they think. We decide what it means.

    • Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
      2·
      10 days ago

      Eh, i give it to you that we can just ignore it in the end. And anyway it’s certainly one of the least bad option. It’s more that im not comfortable with it, and i struggle reasoning this discomfort away.