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A better way to monetize Mastodon? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by -Yandjin-@alien.top to c/mastodon

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Cosmetics.

Let's offer paid cosmetics for users of your instance. Animated or custom banners, posts, new themes, etc.

It's a model that works really well for Discord and League of Legends. Instances offering to sell aesthetic luxury to their user base could work for Mastodon too.

It's non-invasive, it's optional, it's a great addition for some people, and it allows to raise funds to keep the hosted instances up and running.

Do you think it's viable?

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[–] Sibshops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Mastodon is a non-profit that provides a service. Typically for non-profits, everyone gets to enjoy the service equally. Microtransactions and cosmetics would go against this principle, however I think it would still be worth to try.

[–] carrotcypher@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Nothing about profit goes against Mastodon, Fediverse, open source, etc.

It might go against most instances CoC or mission statements though.

[–] Sibshops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

> Nothing about profit goes against Mastodon, Fediverse, open source, etc.
I'm not sure from where you are reading this, but Mastodon is registered as a non-profit organization in Germany. That means the extra costs have to go toward providing a service to the community instead of making a profit.

I don't understand how locking features behind monetization gives a choice to users, in fact, it's the opposite, right?

[–] carrotcypher@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mastodon as a protocol/software, not Mastodon gGmbH

[–] Sibshops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I mean you could interpret their post that way, but it isn't clear that they are suggesting branching off of mastodon to something else, kind of like how truth social did.

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