Comment on If lemmy.world became the biggest in the fediverse with a user base that could rival Reddit. Would it become monetized?

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snooggums@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Now, can there be a different system of ads, which would not enshittify it all? I think there can be, maybe it isnt yet created.

Not in the context of for profit business. Ads for free (mostly funded through taxes) services like libraries, sure. But they aren’t selling anything, they are purely for awareness. Once money is involved the incentive to become worse over time is part of advertising.

The fediverse already exists without ads. It is built to grow by increasing the number of instances. Advertising would encourage fewer instances through competition.

honourable advertising

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