Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about PeerTube, Loops, Bandwagon, and other platforms in the Fediverse that are geared around artists. I might get flamed for this, and you’re welcome to disagree, but I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce.

Not “Big Capitalism” commerce, but the ability for people to buy and sell things, support projects, and commission their favorite creators to keep making more stuff.

  • Cooper8@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Client side support for a tipping link (Koffee, Patreon, crypto wallet, whatever the user’s choice is) that is built in to the UI would go a long way.

      • Cooper8@feddit.onlineEnglish
        1·
        52 minutes ago

        Nice, I dont use Peertube as often as I’d like because I haven’t found the right creators for me. Good to know they already have this, should be an example to the rest of the platforms

      • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        PeerTube’s support button is, at best, a lightbox that holds a text string. It’s fine for highlighting links, but you still kind of have to dance around with having an account in another system to make the payment.