This is a blog that explains in detail what our monetization strategy is.
Long story short though, we plan on non-targeted ads in the future. Slyde is also pro creator / influencer, and we have incorporated a way for a premium option that is ad-free and gives users a way to support communities on Slyde. We haven't pushed premium yet, we're still trying to grow. But we have a plan.
I think one thing you should really watch out for is information harvesting from third-parties as well.
I think this will be an issue with the Fediverse as well if it gets big. The protocol itself is so open it is hard to control who views your posts IMO. So instead of having sanctioned links to third parties like Facebook has, they can just siphon off data themselves. But for a centralised platform like yours this will be easier to prevent. Might mean you have to force a login though even to view. Edit: I see you already do that, good!
This is a blog that explains in detail what our monetization strategy is.
Long story short though, we plan on non-targeted ads in the future. Slyde is also pro creator / influencer, and we have incorporated a way for a premium option that is ad-free and gives users a way to support communities on Slyde. We haven't pushed premium yet, we're still trying to grow. But we have a plan.