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There should be a monetary cost to register a user account (fedia.io)

submitted 1 month ago by Nougat@fedia.io to c/fedia@fedia.io

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Hear me out.

SomethingAwful forums are notoriously "human," because they charge $10 for a user account. They don't have problems with spam/scam/shenanigans that exist on platforms where accounts are free.

Fediverse instances are not currently monetizable - and they should stay that way. But there are still costs to operating one, especially if it's very popular.

Instance admins charging a minimal fee to register a user account would address both of those concerns, especially the former, especially in light of how the Nicole thing has taken a horribly dark turn.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Quality over quantity.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Payment is not a guarantee of quality.

From a feasibility standpoint it wouldn't work unless the popular ones bought into the idea and defederated from any free instances. The whole idea is terrible for federation.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

When quantity = 0, then quality = 0

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

There's a ton of technical tools that can be added to platforms that can mitigate problems with spam, poor-quality users and abuse.