Do you financially support the media that you enjoy most often?
If you enjoy posting on the fedi do you support your server? Other small servers?
If you enjoy watching videos do you support the people who make them?
If you read articles do you support the reporters?
What about local theatre and music?
If you have netflix money, spotify money, Hulu or Bobo or whatever money you have money that could do this.
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myrmepropagandist
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •We can talk about how it's bad that the media landscape is shaped by cash, but that isn't a reason to be complacent and tithe to six huge corporations who'd be fine without you and never sending a dime to the strange man who makes the creepy analog cat videos you watch every single day.
Not to put too fine a point on it.
There is one upside in all of this. When you support smaller creators you money has a MUCH bigger impact.
myrmepropagandist
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •I support:
* this server
* other servers
* the wikipedia
* Karamu House Theatre
* people who sell ant art
* a ton of people who tiny youTube channels
* Pregones Theatre
* community gardens
* xerces society
* new SF authors selling their first book(it's aspirational)
* building food and supplies pantry
*
When I need more money for these kinds of things I start looking for anything corporate I can cut out. Although most of this is possible due to ditching Amazon. Best decision ever.
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Rocketman
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •great argument! And thatβs an impressive list.
Iβm proud to support my Fedi instance and a few online publications. Iβm also a member of a cooperative that owns a national newspaper here in Germany.
As you say: with this funding model, a little money can make a big difference.
millennial fulcrum
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •terrific!
here is a poll for this topic, for us to participate as we wish. there is zero judgement in the question, and remember poll answers are anonymous so you can be completely honest:
Have you donated to your fedi server in the past 6 months?
- I have (71%, 32 votes)
- I have not but will before year's end (11%, 5 votes)
- I have not and don't intend to (4%, 2 votes)
- I have not and haven't decided if I will (13%, 6 votes)
45 voters. Poll end: 2 weeks agoLukewarm Flystalker π¨π¦π§π§π²π½π¬π±
in reply to millennial fulcrum • • •My Fedi server is paid for by sales at a store for autistic goodies, and I have made purchases
utopiArte
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •It's incorporated in the brave browser, a derivate of Chrome, that actually already had his scam incident .. so there is that.
myrmepropagandist
in reply to utopiArte • • •@utopiarte
I just look up the person who is doing the work that impresses me and find a way to send them money. I almost think that tech "solutions" in this way will be less effective and only encourage bottom feeders to show up.
jeSuisatire neindochohh αβΜ€αα·
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •> I just look up the person who is doing the work that impresses me and find a way to send them money.
@utopiarte
PS Jen
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Bryan Entzminger
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Dibs
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •toooobeeee
in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •The original sin of the internet was that freebie mentality which drove everybody into the arms of BigTech, IMHO.