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For what it is worth, I think Mediacrush is awesome. I'd use it over imgur. However, I do not use image hosting in general enough to consider spending money on
by opendais 13y ago
For what it is worth, I think Mediacrush is awesome. I'd use it over imgur. However, I do not use image hosting in general enough to consider spending money on it.
And honestly, I worry about the long term financial sustainability of your project which is why if I ever had a need [a reason I'd spend money], I'd probably host it myself. That is one reason I think transparency [while nice in theory] is dangerous if implemented too early in practice. I know I'd have dropped it the first month I went -$400. :/
Do you have any plans beyond donations to plug that hole?
- Sir_Cmpwn 13y agoYou can host it yourself if you worry about it going away, instructions are available on GitHub [1] and support is available in #mediacrush on irc.freenode.net That being said, we've tossed some ideas around. We might use ads if we can find a privacy-friendly way to do it. We also have some thoughts on other routes for monetization, but we aren't working on that much. We can support it out of our own pockets, and intend to do so for the foreseeable future. [1] https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush
- opendais 13y agoI was aware but thank you for the reminder. I just don't have a need for an image hosting service that meets the"worthy of financial expenditure" qualification. :) Have you considered ads that don't do retargetting, etc? They would not be as profitable but if it was simple CPM/CPC display ads with the level of transparency you've shown to date, I'm not sure how that would conflict your privacy principles.
- Sir_Cmpwn 13y agoCan you suggest an ad provider that meets our needs? We haven't found one yet (fwiw, we're not looking very hard).
- opendais 13y agohttps://www.projectwonderful.com/privacypolicy.php https://www.projectwonderful.com/privacypolicy.php Seems reasonable to me. If you feel it isn't, I'd suggest you just try to start your own ad network. It would be more work...but you'd have complete control.
- Sir_Cmpwn 13y agoThanks for the tip! They look pretty good from the offset, we'll start a deeper evaluation among ourselves and see if they'll meet our needs.
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