193 sats \ 1 reply \ @b17c59874d 28 Dec 2023 freebie \ on: jb55: "This will likely be the last year of damus" nostr
What I replied to the post:
"Here are a few things that come to mind that may help!
Getting sustainable/consistent income:
  1. Have a dialogue that pops up once after installation, that allows users to opt-in to zap-splits, so that every time someone zaps a post, Damus gets a %
  2. A "Damus+"/"Damus Pro" etc paid subscription tier with extra features
  3. Turn amazon/walmart/etc links in posts into referral links, and have that be opt-in of course.
As for lowering expenses, it would be totally reasonable to turn the Damus relay into a PurplePages style contact-list relay meant only to bootstrap gossip discovery of other users relays. There can be a second full fledged Damus relay that subscribers to Damus+ get access to. As it is, the Damus relay shoulders way too much of the load."
write
preview
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 28 Dec 2023 freebie
Welcome to SN! :)
  1. Have a dialogue that pops up once after installation, that allows users to opt-in to zap-splits, so that every time someone zaps a post, Damus gets a %
  1. Turn amazon/walmart/etc links in posts into referral links, and have that be opt-in of course.
I think that these are optional might become a problem afaict. People can already "opt-in" to donate to Damus development, no? Do not enough people donate? If so, why not?
Have a dialogue that pops up once after installation, that allows users to opt-in to zap-splits, so that every time someone zaps a post, Damus gets a %
But I think something like Damus+ with extra features sounds good. It's win-win - like V4V.
As for lowering expenses, it would be totally reasonable to turn the Damus relay into a PurplePages style contact-list relay meant only to bootstrap gossip discovery of other users relays. There can be a second full fledged Damus relay that subscribers to Damus+ get access to. As it is, the Damus relay shoulders way too much of the load.
I would be interested how much the infra currently costs. Is this disclosed somewhere?
Basically, I am trying to answer this question: How much budget does Damus need? How much is missing?