Post by @fmn@mastodon.social

2025-08-04 15:30 UTC

@Mastodon@mastodon.social @johnonolan@mastodon.xyz "turn your audience into a business." - mmm... are you sure you thought it through? i am pretty sure mastodon tries to be an antithesis of multiple, well know companies trying to turn people into a business.

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@Gargron@mastodon.social 2025-08-04 15:51

@fmn@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social @johnonolan@mastodon.xyz I think you misunderstand our company ethos. We're against platform monopolies that inevitably exploit users. We're not against people using social media for business! Plenty of artists, musicians, YouTubers and journalists here on the fediverse for whom social media is how they earn their living.

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@liquidlamp@hachyderm.io 2025-08-04 15:53

@fmn@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social @johnonolan@mastodon.xyz Ghost is one of the newsletter/blogging vendors like Substack that helps journalists run a patreon style buisness that keeps them independent. It is a valuable thing to have, especially as so many venerable names in mainstream media bend the knee to facism. The difference between ghost and substack is that you can fully self host, pay much less for hosting if you dont want to, join the fediverse and of course biggest of all, do it without nazis.

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