I'm not talking about ads. Let's say I'm a video essayist and I publish my essays on PeerTube. The recommendation algorithms aren't going to show the free content I make to nearly as many people as if I put them on YouTube or Tiktok. And overall, that translates to fewer Patreon subscribers, FAR fewer.

[–] synicalx@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's still an ad, you want money for a product you're offering. The only difference is in your case there's an extra step between impression and conversion.

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm so sorry but you really need to reevaluate this because it categorizes like 80% of authentic internet content as ads. Is a graphic artist who works commission posting their art on social media an ad, if they're doing it to hunt for commission? A streamer who posts their funniest clips on social media to get more paid subscribers? A game dev promo-ing features in their next game patch?

[–] synicalx@lemm.ee 0 points 16 hours ago

Self promotion is a form of advertising, doubly so if it's done for the purpose of attracting revenue via some means. People can opt into it if they want via subscribing/following but it's still advertising.

So yes most "authentic" content is just people advertising themselves. I would prefer not to see that unless I have opted into it.