Larenz Tate joins Vault, an indie streaming platform giving filmmakers more control over distribution, pricing, monetization, and revenue.
The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization
Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.
Episode #140: Eli Mallon - Streamplace and the future of decentralized video streaming
This week we're joined by Eli Mallon, founder of Streamplace, a decentralized video streaming platform. In this episode we discuss the future of decentralized video streaming, the challenges of building a new platform, and how developers can leverage Streamplace's tools. We also go into Atproto, the decentralized social media network that stream place is built on. - https://stream.place/about - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocol - https://github.com/iameli - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-mallon-5703a94a - https://bsky.app/profile/iame.li - https://www.livepeer.org/ Episode sponsored By WorkOS (https://workos.com) and Mailtrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_2) Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode. - https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfm - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758 - https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership
Vankir/vaultmate
Contribute to Vankir/vaultmate development by creating an account on GitHub.
Indiegraf: The Operating System Built for Independent Newsrooms
Manage, publish, monetize and grow with Indiegraf—supporting 180+ independent media outlets and covering all your publishing needs in one place.
Media Startup Fellowship: Startup funding & coaching
Media Startup Fellowship: Do you have an innovative media idea? ★ Benefit from funding ► Suitable for every start-up phase!
Pocketstars: The creator site where payments don’t always happen
With the influx of creator sites such as Onlyfans, rivals have been popping up everywhere. However, all are not equal and it’s vital that…
GitHub - ellierennie/Telescope-Obsidian-Vault: A vault template with plugins that are useful for ethnographic projects. Created by Ellie Rennie and Matthew Green.
A vault template with plugins that are useful for ethnographic projects. Created by Ellie Rennie and Matthew Green. - GitHub - ellierennie/Telescope-Obsidian-Vault: A vault template with plugins t...
It's Hard Out Here: FOSTA and its Impacts on OnlyFans and Online Sex Work | In Media Res
OnlyFans is marketed as a “peer-to-peer subscription app,” and became more widely used during the pandemic as many creators joined to supplement or replace lost income—the site reported a “75% uptick in model sign-ups in early April” (López). The platform benefits substantially from the rise in interest: OnlyFans is classed as a “digital patronage” platform, which provides for financial exchange for creative expression, with the platform taking a percentage (Bonifacio and Wohn). In the case of OnlyFans, the percentage is 20%, while other digital patronage platforms—Twitch.tv, YouTube, Patreon, and so forth—offer different terms for their users.
Arc just got acquired...by Atlassian???
Five Interesting Indie Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of
After deleting my corporate social media accounts, I've discovered five interesting indie platforms and online communities you might not have heard of: Special Fish, Ctrl + Shift + 3, web1.0 Hosting, Pillowfort, and Blue Dwarf. A look at what makes each unique, from brutalist design to old-device accessibility, and a call to support the independent web financially.
Waterfall
The video platform giving power back to creators and their fans. Built on the AT Protocol, Waterfall lets you own your content and control your algorithms.
Local-First Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure: Create, Collaborate, and Publish Without the Cloud
Meet the AI OnlyFans: How one startup raised millions to build an ‘erotic companions’ platform | Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Meet the AI OnlyFans: How one startup raised millions to build an ‘erotic companions’ platform --- When AI erotic companion startup Oh raised a $4.5m funding round in January, it had something few in the shadowy new sector could boast. A roster of named investors, publicly backing the company. VCs are often bound by “vice clauses”, which prohibit firms from investing in controversial products like pornography or weapons. As a result, startups working on ethically contentious products often rely on angel investors and family offices to stay afloat. But Oh, which generates NSFW adult content and conversations with both fictional characters as well as bots based on real people, has tapped into a group of seemingly less squeamish investors: crypto VCs. It’s drawn backing from the likes of Tangent, Kosmos Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Bodhi Ventures and Tagus Capital. “Raising money for a business like this from non-crypto VCs is very difficult,” says Oh founder and CEO Nic Young, who positions the startup as a “decentralised platform” and offers payments via crypto. “A lot of crypto VCs don’t have vice clauses — it’s more liberal and free.” Oh wants to use those fresh funds to build the “AI OnlyFans”, with plans to roll out autonomous scantily clad bots that can market themselves on social media and direct message users with spicy conversation starters. The biggest challenge? Convincing enough users it’s not that weird turning to AI when you’re looking for romance. https://lnkd.in/eRF7a5Dn
The Github Tax (I can't believe they actually did this...)
Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform
The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe
Hey @iame.li since video tracks are strongRefs to assets on a special Streamplace PDS, can they still be migrated to another PDS later? I think it would be quite important for creators to be able to move their videos to different providers over time.
