Evan Prodromou

Grant for the Web to Make the Fediverse More Sustainable, Democratic, and Fun

Thanks to the Interledger Foundation for their generous Grant for the Web to the Social Web Foundation. With the help of ILF, we are launching a new program area focused on economic issues on the Social Web. In particular, we'll be producing three reports: one on sustainability for social web instances; one for the Fediverse and the creator economy; and one for cooperatives on the Social Web. In addition, we'll be engaging multimedia Fediverse apps for using the Web Monetization standard. You […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/02/04/grant-for-the-web-to-make-the-fediverse-more-sustainable-democratic-and-fun/

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The creator economy report is going to be fascinating — there's such a disconnect between what platforms promise creators vs what they actually deliver. Really curious how Web Monetization could change the power dynamics, especially for adult content creators who keep getting deplatformed by traditional payment processors.