Castopod introduces Web Monetization (an ActivityPub tip jar)
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Ah. I think I jumped to assumptions about interledger based on the wallet terminology.
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
On the one hand, people should be able to make a living.
On the other, places where every Tom, Dick and Harry has their hand out expecting payment for the most inane things (i.e. tipping culture, states where billboards are allowed...) turn pretty crap pretty fast.
Something to remember is that advertising on the internet was a slow-roll at first... until all of a sudden, everyone has ads and popups.
-
There should be some money in it. We want instance Admins to have at least the server hosting covered.
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
A valid concern. However, nothing is stopping people from doing the same right now with a big old forced Kofi/patreon/whatever banner, and I'm not sure that this changes that.
The advantage of this over current options is that like RSS, you can consume/deliver it however best suits you without needing to have different accounts of different platforms.
-
How much have you donated to your instance admin since signing up?
-
My brother in Christ its a community built and run service, run on donations.
Building infrastructure to process those donations is not "enshitification"
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
I hadn't thought about the Kofi banner thing, and this is anecdotal though my experience, but upon seeing that mentioned my mind immediately jumped to the Steam Workshop; at least with some of the games I play, it's very common to see some form of "Donate".
Setting that aside, the thought occurred to me of somehow tying something we're all used to seeing and interacting with - usernames - into something that if one were so inclined, could interact with somehow to pull up something like a QR code to their "donate box" of choice.
I have no idea how it'd be actually implemented, but it doesn't seem impossible that something like that could allow for both traditional fiat payments, crypto, or even links to "Yoder's Rent-a-goat". I mean, I'd work for a goat as payment, so why not.
QR codes themselves are pretty visually meaningless, and that physical step of the user having to scan it would be that "fully intentional" aspect that'd keep things from being somewhat predatory (thinking in-app payment type stuff).
<shrug> I have no skin in this game, so just thinking out loud on this, is all.
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
I'm really supportive of this kind of protocol.
I've long advocated for some system that allowed for micro-payments to support websites, both optional and paywall.
We've seen what the expectation of having "free" services has gotten us, I'd much prefer to chip in to sites that provide me enjoyment or are informative. -
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Thats absolutely possible via the underlying WebPayments API. The payment "wallet" is linked in the HTML (at least for web pages, RSS, podcast RSS, etc) so someone could design an app that reads these links as QR codes.
The whole point of WebPayments is that and payment solution that you (the "spender") wants to use which is compatible can be used to send money to any compatible wallet.
Whether the payment solution is via government backed, banking systems, or crypto, all it needs to be is compatible.
-
There has always been money, it's just other people footing the bill for you.
