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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

A lot of people have insisted isn't getting involved with the to embrace, extend and extinguish it...

... but even before fully implementing Fediverse interoperability in they're already talking openly about changing its protocols to add features like monetization. 🤔

techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-

Text in a screenshot reads as follows: Later in the podcast, Cottle expands on how this could play out at the protocol level, as well, if creators offered their followers the ability to pay for access to their content. “You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — of saying like, ‘I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, ‘hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,” Cottle noted, speaking casually. Whether or not Meta would find a way to get a cut of those micropayments, of course, remains to be seen.
Text in a screenshot reads as follows: McCue riffed on the idea that fediverse users could become creators where some of their content became available to subscribers only, similar to how Patreon works. For instance, fediverse advocate and co-editor of ActivityPub Evan Prodromou created a paid Mastodon account (@evanplus@prodromou.pub) that users could subscribe to for $5 per month to gain access. If he’s on board with paid content, surely others would follow. Cottle agreed that the model could work with the fediverse, too. He additionally suggested there are ways the fediverse could monetize beyond donations, which is what often powers various efforts today, like Mastodon. Cottle said someone might even make a fediverse experience that consumers would pay for, the way some fediverse client apps are paid today.
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

And aware, no doubt, that quote posts are a divisive, hot-button issue, they're already building into not only quote post functionality but more refined controls for it than I know of anywhere in the — a feature bound to attract attention and make people consider choosing Threads in preference to other Fediverse software that doesn't offer the same functionality.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/thre

This is all absolutely classic embrace, extend and extinguish.

Text in a screenshot reads as follows: Controls for quoting posts The Meta-owned social network already allows users to control who can reply to their posts: anyone, profiles you follow, or mentioned people only. Threads also has the option to restrict who can mention you in their posts, replies, and bio: everyone, profiles you follow, or no one. Now the company is planning to introduce similar controls for quote posts. Threads said that it will soon let you limit who can quote your posts. Additionally, users will be able to manually unquote their posts as well. The company’s rationale behind these new controls for quote posts is that it wants to restrict unwanted interactions. “Since quoting a post is one of the most visible ways to connect with someone on Threads, it was important for us to give people more agency over who can engage with them and help reduce unwanted interactions,” a company spokesperson said.
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Vesipeto Vetehinen

@tokyo_0@mas.to it seems like the quote post controls are probably something they've been coordinating with Mastodon, actually. I think it was @tchambers@indieweb.social I saw say first that a very similar feature is coming for Mastodon and having followed the quote post discussions in the issue queues for Mastodon a bit I know these kinds of controls were extensively discussed there as a requirement for adding QPs in the past.

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Tim Chambers

@vetehinen @tokyo_0 Yes, looks like they will be in Mastodon 4.4…

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Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

@vetehinen So, basically, both Threads and Mastodon are in it together? Which means, the rest of the fediverse software with quote-posts already, will be forced to implement the Threads+Mastodon method?

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:mima_rule: Mima-sama

@youronlyone@c.im I don't think they can force the rest of fedi to implement controls on quotes. I do think it's a bad idea to control who can quote post no matter if it's Mastodon or Threads doing it (or even Misskey). But it's just going to be circumvented/ignored easily, like how Masto's "opt-in search" has no effect on Misskey's note search per user.

What fedi really should focus on is controlling replies. And while I have reservations on federating that control, I do believe it's important to give users the power to control how their posts look like in their own instances without having admin privileges. Because it's a (micro)blog.

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stony kark

@tokyo_0 FB definitely wants people to identify themselves as ad viewers/lovers because they want to sell easy marks to companies like Nestle and the Trump Organization. Since they don’t make a product worth paying for, they don’t know how else to make money.

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