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[–] cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Fuck the commodification of culture.

Fuck full time content creators.

I don't want people working full time on social networks. I don't want to read your ad, your secret knowledge, your product placement, or sponsorship, or your oh so subtle pitch for VC funding. I'm certainly not going to give money.

I want people who do their own thing in the real world, and as a hobby and show-and-tell, submit their work freely to the Internet to hone and expand their craft and field, and gain organic enrichment altruisticly.

If you want to sell stuff and make money, make your own website and store. Not on our forum.

Don't pollute our forum. I want to be inspired, be in awe, be entertained, be informed, and to give back in my own way that continues this cycle and fuels the forum.

We've fled so many greedy sites - fleeing this capitalistic parasite in hopes of finding honest discussion untainted by greed. I'm tired of fleeing.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Consider a universal basic income as a means to reduced the profit motive when authors create/share media.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also consider not having an economy where our jobs dominate our lives.

There's plenty of studies, videos and anecdotes discussing how despite technology becoming more and more efficient, we work more hours a day in the Industrial era. Most of the older culture we consider traditional didn't come from the media industries we see today, they came from families and communities having enough time to spend together that they can create and share art and other media relevant to their own lives.

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