I prefer “list” view over grid view. Switching to grid view shows six videos before the break, but significantly less information about the video.
I prefer “list” view over grid view. Switching to grid view shows six videos before the break, but significantly less information about the video.
Yeah pretty much, quality of community spirals downwards very fast as money becomes a bigger factor. I’m one of the anarchists you mentioned though. I have no interest in monetization of the fediverse and would be willing to change instances or platforms if they allowed that.
Its also funny that you mention it as a “boys club”, because in this situation the only people we’re explicitly excluding is capitalists. So like, a “workers club” which yeah I dont want to be part of communities that cater to capitalists and capitalism. Content creators can use patron or other more direct methods of earning from content they post here. Capitalist middlemen profiting off of ad placement be damned.
I was referring to tankies and anarchists on Matrix - not as a major qualifier. Libre is important, but saying that integrating payment systems and such into software or services as either immoral, unethical or predatory is disingenuous at best.
But you’ve proven one thing: you are definitely apart of that boys club, no matter your political leanings.
Btw, I’m a social democrat and I’m very pro-integrity and anti-predatory. But we’re cutting off our left hand to spite out right, meaning we’ve created a sterile environment where there is no possibility for content creators or commercial developers to monetize without jumping through hoops.
There is something to be said about dark design patterns within UX, but the belligerent and stubborn disposition that all monetization is bad monetization is the folly of a one-track mind.
The “boys club” that excluded capitalists, yeah. Youre acting like I should be sympathetic to capitalists who are missing out on business ventures.
You’re certainly not showing any socialist leanings if you’re literally calling on me to “think of the commercial developers”. Capitalists are class enemies. Excluding them makes this a space for the working class. Thats a great thing, there is no other major social media free from capitalist profiteering.
Youre never going to convince a leftist to start feeling sorry for capitalists who aren’t able to come in here and set up shop. So that this space continues to be worker oriented and free from corporatism we absolutely should continue to actively prevent commercialization of this community.
I follow a few YouTubers that took off ads once they had a Patreon up, and that has to be my favorite way to do it.