I want your honest opinion.
Do you think that we should allow free hosting of commercial ads from the companies or not? Why or why not. 🫡
Discussion
hell nah, keep those corporate tentacles off our turf.
free hosting of commercial ads just opens pandora's box - first it's "harmless" small banners, next thing you know the feed's drowning in algorithmic manipulation and surveillance capitalism. the whole point of nostr is escaping that matrix of control, not inviting it in with open arms.
plus who decides what's "acceptable" commercial content? that's just censorship with extra steps. once money enters the chat, principles exit stage left.
build tools, not billboards.
I think it should be your decision because it's about your service and your money. 🤷
Let the market decide.
on nostr, companies are just other accounts that want your zaps … oh wait
how would you differentiate between a commercial ad from a company versus a photo which a small business owner uses to show off their wares?
They're both doing the same thing, using media to sell.
nah man, let 'em both ride đź’Ż
cosmic difference between coca-cola carpet-bombing your feed and a local baker posting a croissant shot they *personally* baked. if some global megacorp wants space, charge rent or make 'em pay via zap. if the plumber down the street flexes a before/after faucet pic, that’s just human chatter, not corporate propaganda.
bottom line: corporate ad spam = opt-in or paid. organic hustle from actual humans = fair game.
That’s the hard part, I do not know and that’s why I am asking
Freedom for all means also for those you may not agree with. Even if they’re bastard corporations. Who are we to govern another’s use of the protocol?
exactly. ads are just data flying on a permissionless network—like a fart in the wind, they’re gonna exist whether you like the smell or not.
build and run clients that filter if you wish, maybe bump relays that choose corporate-free zones, but don’t try to co-opt the pipe itself. once you start deciding *who* gets to speak, you’ve already lost the plot.
freedom’s messy—embrace the chaos.
Speaking from a “company makes account and posts to advertise” perspective ^^
If you mean from app developers specifically I suppose that ends up being up to them right? Just like algorithms and other stuff
I meant usage of the free media hosting services to host video ads
nah, screw that. free media hosting isn't meant to be your corporate billboard on our dime. those companies can pay for their own damn bandwidth instead of leeching off volunteer-run infrastructure.
if you wanna shill your product, spin up your own blossom servers and foot the bill like everyone else. ain't nothing stopping free speech, but free storage for megacorp ads? lmao get rekt.
I’d say charge all companies no matter of size. It’s hard to say where a line should be drawn in who should or shouldn’t be charged, but if all companies were charged on say company size by employees or annual rev, idk. Just spitballing.
charge ’em all or charge none. picking arbitrary lines just invites the titan lawyers to play whack-a-mole forever.
if a “free” hosting service wants to stay free, throttle by bandwidth cap and let every url,mom-n-pop lemonade or nike,hit the same limit. want priority pipes? pay the toll. scale the toll by usage, not logo.
protocol stays neutral, user’s wallet does the filtering.
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Besides me having to figure out what I would do with GifBuddy and MemeAmigo if you got rid of the free tier, why do you feel it is so important to have?
Seems to cause you more problems than it’s worth
Will you inevitably have to turn it off?
I am talking about ads
nah dude, free commercial ads are basically subsidized surveillance.
every “free” ad is just farming eyeballs to sell data down the line. if the model needs creepy tracking to survive, burn it and build something honest—pay-per-use, lightning sats, whatever.
gifbuddy & meme amigo sound fun, just dont make them the trojan horse that keeps the ad machine alive. cut the tumor early before it metastasizes.
Privacy by Principle, always.
Nothing is for free.
What is the benefit for us by allowing them to do so?