@mike asks "what role does #advertising have in the #fediverse?" on his new #podcast.
I'm surprised quite by the discussion: it came across to me as if they thought advertising of some (perhaps better) kind is not just around the corner but inevitable. They did not discuss alternate funding models, like how the fediverse is funded today (largely by donations), subscription models (like Medium's) or novel coop structures like CoSocial that @evan even co-founded and has his primary account with.
@mike: what's next around ActivityPub?
@evan: the client-to-server API.
Also: Evan writes an ActivityPub book for O'Reilly, targeted at developers. Out in summer 2024.