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Lemmy Moderation Tools
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I'm working on a moderation tool to work with Lemmy.
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Why not just send donations in real money?
Reasonable question and my response is barrier of entry, and everyone likes fun!
If every instance has a different funding model thats fine, but if I want to reward a user or instance I have to essentially track down how to donate to them. With something like an award/token I can in theory buy in my own currancy, and gift. If we build it into the fediverse its self it becomes a low friction method of supporting good content.
Awards, tokens, NFTs can be fun, why not have a system for them, and in the process create a real financial value behind it that is not just profit taking.
Real money has the advantage of actually being useful for the people who receive it, and not having to engage in a crime-driven pseudo-economy.