Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community's Mastodon server, for instance.

Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community’s Mastodon server, for instance.

  • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
    8·
    4 months ago

    @[email protected] Yep, TechCrunch even addressed it in the article

    Developed over the past few months, sub.club shares engineering and design resources with Mammoth, the Mastodon app backed by Mozilla, Long Journey Ventures and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff. Though some fediverse supporters don’t like the idea of VCs and for-profit businesses entering their space, Mammoth’s co-founder Bart Decrem thinks bringing money into the fediverse could help it to thrive.

    • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyzEnglish
      141·
      4 months ago

      I saw, I was just venting frustration at that specific viewpoint.

      It’s annoying that the same tired tactics are being applied to every corner of the internet.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        54·
        4 months ago

        I mean, how else do you expect things to work? Internet platforms aren’t free to operate. Isn’t paying creators directly supposed to be the ideal solution, instead of infesting pages with ads?

        • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          You’re already free to support developers and instance owners financially if they’ve set up either Patreon, OpenCollective or LiberaPay 🤷 That’s money going where it’s needed.

          If I understand SubClub correctly, it’s monetisation on a user level, which in the past has only really given us influencers. I rather enjoy not having that kind of bullshit on the fediverse.

          • Chozo@fedia.io
            63·
            4 months ago

            I’m not sure what the difference between SubClub or Patreon is supposed to be. Other than SubClub takes a smaller cut.

            • astro_ray@piefed.social
              4·
              4 months ago

              That’s exactly what I thought when I first saw this. The difference in that they market it as a fediverse extension.

          • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            You’re already free to support developers and instance owners financially if they’ve set up either Patreon, OpenCollective or LiberaPay 🤷

            Problem is, not enough people are doing it. Case in point: https://join-lemmy.org/donate

      • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
        32·
        4 months ago

        @[email protected] Eh, personally, I think that as long nobody forces anyone to use something it’s fine, more variety is always good for the federated network

        • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          4 months ago

          You haven’t been on the internet long enough. This is how it starts…for like, the billionth time