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[–] 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Cool ! Signed up, but worried about future enshittification: "Monetization scheme for publishers. Model authors will be able to receive financial support from people who would like to donate to them. "

It needs to be an optional secondary layer/addon, so it can't enshittify the whole eco-system. 'Monetization' IS enshittification and will only get worse: popups, ads, fake accounts/recommendation, and all the other std scams will follow if a humble wish to support creators, becomes intrinsic monetization of the ecosystem !

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