Aral BalkanDec 20, 2022

Are folks really pressuring independent artists, authors, etc., not to promote their work here?

Do you also picket your local independent cafe and mom and pop stores? What happens if you succeed in shutting them down? That’s right, you end up with a McDonald’s in their place.

Please learn to separate capitalists from folks trying to survive under capitalism. Independent people trying to pay their rent isn’t advertising, it’s existing. What Coca-Cola does is advertising.

#fediverse ❤️ #indie

Show threadDS-Tech Media ✅Dec 20, 2022
@aral I've never heard about this, but honestly it wasn't until very recently that Mastodon became so active.
Why would people pressure creators not to promote here?
Show threadSofaKingHighDec 20, 2022
@drown @aral my guess is the historical trend of moneyed interests leading to worsening services for the sake of profit leads is a self feedback loop that many people are exhausted by (there was a point when yahoo didn’t have ads, when the internet didn’t do buisness, and when ads led to scorn online, the change away from this is seen as a negative)
Show threadDS-Tech Media ✅
@SofaKingHigh @aral No disagreement here, but at the same time it cannot be avoided. Monetary gains drive innovation/resources. Servers, bandwidth, and developers/admins are all costly.
Jan 12, 2023 at 4:42amWeb