Thor A. Hopland<p>I'm actually kind of frustrated. </p><p>Once more we see a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> exodus and not a single one of the fun content creators I love from say <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> make their way over to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Pixelfeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfeed</span></a> or <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loops</span></a>. Why? </p><p>BECAUSE NO DIRECT <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/MONETIZATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MONETIZATION</span></a>!</p><p>Do you understand what weeks or months of labor looks like? If no <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> revenue, if no <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/superchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superchat</span></a>, if no <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/donate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donate</span></a> button, then why even make the effort?!</p><p>The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> needs to grow up and carve out direct paths to monetization. </p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Decentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralize</span></a> the bag!</p>