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OP was taking about Tumblr, but I think it applies even more to the Fediverse: users need to develop an ethos of paying to support the sites they use. Otherwise advertisers pay the bills and call the shots.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm broke, and have no capacity to make money in a capitalist society. This isn't to say what I do doesn't have value, it's just not valuable to rich people.

Am I just FUBAR in this purely-transactional NWO?

[–] thomask@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily in the fediverse world. If server costs are being covered by donations from 4% of users, a volunteer admin will probably be quite happy whereas a commercial operator will undoubtedly think "damn I have 96% freeloaders, that's leaving money on the table".

[–] LibertyLizard 13 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately I’d say yes.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

U ain't got holes?

Edit o man what a comment lol

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Those who have money can afford better than what I got.

It's not a matter of having nothing to offer, it's that what I do isn't bought by people with money. Value ≠ What people pay for. Case in point: Funko-Pop figurines.