I’m fairly new and don’t 100% understand it yet, but instances are run on servers that require money. Are we heading towards seeing ads or subscriptions to raise funds instead of relying on donations to cover overhead?

Especially with the influx of new users. Hardware upgrades are needed.

    • ryan213OP
      43•1 year ago

      I’ve been on Mastodon for months and haven’t noticed any ads. Just people letting me know about some product they like. Wait…

      • @[email protected]
        22•1 year ago

        That’s been always the case on other platforms on top of the official ads. Damn every now and then you’d see what’s clearly an guerilla ad campaign hitting the front page of reddit.

          • AlternActive
            10•1 year ago

            Course not, if you were, i’d be able to tell, since i’m using the new Rayban® Aviators© Digital edition, now with poser ID embeded and polarized lenses with Spez protection.

            • Norgur
              5•1 year ago

              Dude! They looked so sick when I saw them in your profile pic while eating my Magic Spoon laughably expensive super duper healthy cereal!

        • drphungky
          2•1 year ago

          Reddit got WAY worse in the last 5-7 years though. I think corporations got more ok with it after best practices were both cemented and more publicized after the 2016 presidential election. Previously astroturfing was there for political campaigns and state actors, but more shady. Then Russia went off the rails with agitprop, Cambridge Analytical was all in the news, and everyone realized how pervasive and easy it was. Now everyone does it, and often.

      • Margot Robbie
        14•1 year ago

        Nonsense, “No, Stupid Questions!” is actually sponsored by “Barbie”, only in theaters July 21st.

    • LoudWaterHombre
      4•1 year ago

      There are no ads, just as there are no added flavours in McDoubleBeef 100% flavour and 200% beef!!!