Donations is def not the way forward if you want to mainstream it.
It works because moderation on Mastodon is manual (by my understanding), so most good instances are closed, which means donations kind of work.
But donating to use a social media service is unheard of in India (and may I say most of Asia too). Most also consider this as a waste of time. There’s no way you can make Mastodon big in India without thinking of a way to monetise it.
Donations is def not the way forward if you want to mainstream it.
It works because moderation on Mastodon is manual (by my understanding), so most good instances are closed, which means donations kind of work.
But donating to use a social media service is unheard of in India (and may I say most of Asia too). Most also consider this as a waste of time. There’s no way you can make Mastodon big in India without thinking of a way to monetise it.