Re:Twitodon: Finding Twitter Peers on Mastodon
by krainboltgreene on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:13PM
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No, the open source software Mastodon does not have any ad mechanism, but obviously you could change that.
Re:Twitodon: Finding Twitter Peers on Mastodon
by empyrrhicist on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:36PM
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A model where Ad agencies work with content creators seems like it would work better, like how podcast ads can target users by picking shows - no tracking required.
Side note, it blows my mind that Reddit shits the bed so hard at this. So many niche sub's would be the perfect venue for niche advertisers.
Re:Twitodon: Finding Twitter Peers on Mastodon
by kitkat_new on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:36PM
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I am glad it doesn't.
Ads are unethical
Re:Twitodon: Finding Twitter Peers on Mastodon
by andrewkdinh on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:13AM
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Mastodon doesn’t support ads, but since it’s FOSS, you could add it yourself.
However, if people find value in your instance, they will donate. For example, see Fosstodon (which even has an excess amount of funds):
I always see the platform more akin to Reddit or Discord than Twitter tbh. Say I want to make an instance and want to host it. According to some 3rd party services [0] a 2000 user instance will cost me ~$90+taxes/month. That’s a lot if you compare it to a reddit sub or Discord server which are free and where I’d say a similar sized sub/server are quite small (not all 2000 users are active all the time ofc)
It’s really hard to make people pay. Is there a plan to support ads or anything else besides begging for donations?
0, https://masto.host/pricing/