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Debs ,

Can we make it a habit to post source links? I don’t want to surf completely on vibes.

Debs ,

Ideally, an un-paywalled version can be found. Even if one can’t be found, it is still much better to post the source.

AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born (www.theverge.com)

…Years ago, the web used to be a place where individuals made things. They made homepages, forums, and mailing lists, and a small bit of money with it. Then companies decided they could do things better. They created slick and feature-rich platforms and threw their doors open for anyone to join. They put boxes in front of us,...

How are we going to pay for all this?

I’m really enjoying lemmy. I think we’ve got some growing pains in UI/UX and we’re missing some key features (like community migration and actual redundancy). But how are we going to collectively pay for this? I saw an (unverified) post that Reddit received 400M dollars from ads last year. Lemmy isn’t going to be free....

Debs ,

Wikipedia is set up as a nonprofit. They have annual fundraising drives asking their users for money. They also have an endowment and receive grants.

A donation drive could be a good model but the decentralized nature of the platform would complicate things.

Debs ,

If it is not funded through user donations, how is it self sufficient? Genuinely curious.

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