Convener: Richard Reisman (@rreisman@techpolicy.social)

Opening background:

“Visionary” revenue models for the fediverse – and baby steps!

• Novel strategies bring out best of subscriptions, micropayments, freemium, crowdfunding, pay what you want - to find a fair, affordable, profitable price for all.

• Interest from academia & entrepreneurs, applies behavioral econ+game theory.

• Fediverse offers a green field for new models to benefit server operators, users, and shared services. And a SaaS opportunity for “Revenue as a Service.”

• Elements can be applied in “easy” steps up the “ladder of value”

Links on the FairPay framework:

• FediForum 2023 Slide deck – https://www.slideshare.net/rreisman/fediforum-reisman-fairpay-rethinking-revenuepdf

• Web Monetization and Payments, Meet The Relationship Economy and FairPay – https://www.fairpayzone.com/2021/04/web-monetization-and-payments-meet.html

• The Elements of Next-Gen Relationships and Pricing – A Unifying Framework - https://www.fairpayzone.com/2019/07/the-elements-of-next-gen-relationships.html

• “The Case Against Micropayments” versus “Subscription Hell” – Finding Flexibility - https://www.fairpayzone.com/2018/11/the-case-against-micropayments-from.html

• A Platform for Teaching Men to Fish – Revenue-as-a-Service for Non-Profit Impact https://www.fairpayzone.com/2019/08/a-platform-for-teaching-men-to-fish.html

What if instead we removed the need for payments completely? Creators get paid per view, but without a need for a subscription, because it would be covered by your income taxes. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSTFzhs1O4