Popular YouTube creators hold so much power in raising awareness about alternatives to Big Tech platforms.
I felt hope while watching Johnny Harris's latest video "The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken"... which ultimately launched a new initiative: crowdsourced journalism on a site called NewPress.
Looking at screenshots I thought the site was hosted on #Ghost and thus federated.
Alas it's on SquareSpace and filled with trackers 😭
Who can we get on the Fediverse? Maybe Vanessa Wingårdh?
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Most of YouTube creators are there for money.
The Fediverse can't pay money.
I think we shouldn't expect YouTube creators leaving YouTube.
Unless, I ve misunderstood how the Fediverse work.
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in reply to Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹 • • •@max Molly White has been able to sustain herself by asking readers for donations. She uses the POSSE method (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere), publishes on Ghost and is here too.
@ben spoke about how successful a fundraising campaign for ProPublica was on the fediverse (compared to other places).
Nothing is stopping a YouTube creator from branching out to the Fediverse (and keep posting on YouTube). Especially those who "speak truth to power".
SquareSpace ain't it, ghghgh
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •@max @ben I think a big part of it needs to be a cultural norm shift where people get used to donating to individual creators instead of paying monthly subscriptions for streaming platforms' overabundance of content. (Quality over quantity)
The cost difference wouldn't be that bad; I think it's the mentality shift that's more difficult. Patreon has certainly made this easier, but their UI is lame and it'd be rad if there were a non-profit alternative.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I'd love to see these more. Sorry for the excess mentions and hashtags for visibility.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Yup. I think a longer-term solution could be to have some free open-source crossposting software that enables creators to create their content (text, images, videos, polls, etc.) and simultaneously publish it on multiple social media platforms.
There is #PostyBirb, but I haven't used it yet so I don't personally know how well it might work for this.
At least @thelinuxexperiment crossposts the videos to both YouTube and PeerTube, which is nice.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I imagine it would be relatively easy to build a platform on fedi that people could submit grassroots journalism/personal experiences of big tech vs FOSS platforms to.
But then there’s the risk of it being yet another silo. Maybe an aggregator would be better?
/just thinking out loud
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • •Youtubers and influencers are (sadly) the drive of social media platforms but they are hardly champions of morals, they will do anything to boost monetization.
For the vast majority of them, it's not about surviving off user donations, it's about becoming (sometimes filthy, see the Paul Brothers, MrBeast) rich.
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