@atomicpoet honestly, i'd rather social networks are paied through subscription models rather than ads and data harvesting. much more transparent, and much more direct. the gold standard would be kinda what discord is doing, a free tier for most people, including most basic features to socialize with people, and some novelty features behind a subscription (more profile customization, longer post, lesser media limits, maybe access to some recommendation algorith parameters?)

@clockwooork @atomicpoet because maintaining those spaces isn't free... the only solution to this without any form of payment would be if the government payed for them, but that introduces a whole other mess of government having to moderate people's speech...