Every time a truly open protocol emerges, the vultures that shout "monetisation" will show up and demand that artificial scarcity must be created or else they will not come. But adding artificial scarcity to an open system makes it non-open. 1/7
@jwildeboer#monetisation should not be part of a communication system. It can be part of the system around it, but for that #ActivityPub does not have to change.