@fairplayer @radisolar @blankfosk @helenbellmusic @maciac @sofisoft @kidlightbulbs @aymanhamad @laribal @txels @james @Omar @choan
I've been dying to see this vision take off. decentralized Spotify where the music comes from artists' websites and some version of your friends' boosts replace their algorithm. then maybe we can support them via a monthly donation that gets automatically and directly paid to them based on the percentage of our time we spend with their work. #PublicPatron
Our "paying for media" system is broken because it doesn't account for what is recommended to us via social media.
You can pay a lot of money for lots of services and still not be able to check out the cool new thing all your friends are suddenly talking about. Or still have to sit through ads when you'd rather just pay them directly (but not stack that on top of paying for other stuff you now won't get to this month)
Fans and indie artists get screwed while executives cash in.
Decentralize it. We're getting there. The details are:
Servers and apps for reading, watching and listening that require no middleman. See #ghost #wordpress @wallabag #peertube #owncast #podcasting
The social news feed that lets important news and ideas go viral without algos or anybody being able to shut down access for large portions of the network. That's everything using #ActivityPub.
Direct automatic funding of journalism using an open protocol. #interledger #PublicPatron #FediForFiat
I'd love to talk to you about what's possible with decentralized media. People are building alternatives to all the big services and the fedi lets us democratize attention instead of being stuck with what corporate owners, advertisers and algos push. The last piece would be getting independents paid directly, perhaps via amounts we're each comfortable with that gets divvied up based on time spent with their work.
#SocialWeb #peertube #owncast #DemocracyOfReach #PublicPatron
but we're citizens who want the best info and arguments to get to the most people so that our democracy can thrive. we need the nice billionaires to help build that ecosystem, not another outlet they can get bored with or decide isn't worth the time/money. that they have some other interest that might be damaged by somebody upset by the outlet I own.
help build decentralized media and better ways for the people to support them. #PublicPatron
before the repeal of funding by #MAGA, the US was only giving about $2/person annually. while the UK was giving about $100/person annually.
in general, I don't like government doing it but I do think money needs to be allocated in such a way that keeps our media from being so subservient to the interests of rich people and corporations.
that's the dream of #PublicPatron. displacing all the money we pay for media as a donation directly to creators whose work we consume.
media decentralization is job one in the fight for a workable democracy/economy.
every outlet should be essentially an equal node on a flat network. attention only allocated by social media boosts by humans. money allocated from each of us based on how much we can donate and then divided by the percentage of our time we spend with their work.
fighting it is why I want the fedi to win. media decentralization (ala podcasts etc) solves their control over distribution, while social media decentralization gives us a real alternative to their influence over what gets attention. our boosts let us decide together what goes viral. no corporate ownership decisions over what's available, and no or algos. if we can figure out the funding.
@craiglambie42 @pj @cwarzel.bsky.social
I think #ghost and #wordpress are doing that. to pay creators, I think we need a protocol and then an autopay system based on a monthly amount we are willing to give, distributed based on time with a creator's works.
Building decentralized alternatives is no longer the problem. The struggle is finding a way to handle the money without middlemen. The current systems prove people will pay. I think they can just be asked to, not forced to. If only the systems were as easy to use, especially if they knew much more of it would go to whose work they appreciate.
william.maggos