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

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    12 days ago

    post/comment that gets an award will often end up upvoted to the top of a thread

    Maybe that’s because it’s a good comment? Or because Reddit treats it that way in their proprietary algorithm, of which there’s no such thing here, and as far as I can tell, is not part of this pitch.

    They incentivise least-common-denominator behaviour from commenters who then race to be the first to make the most obvious joke or reply

    Why would anyone be farming these meaningless awards?

    It doesn’t engender good and thoughtful content.

    Why would a comment with no good or thoughtful content get an award?