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FUTO can help by providing tools and protocols which make it easier for creators to publish their work to multiple indexers. **We want creators to feel like they are publishing to the world**, and we want indexers compete with each other to do a good job connecting consumers to creators and their content.
FUTO can help by providing tools and protocols which make it easier for creators to publish their work to multiple indexers. **We want creators to feel like they are publishing to the world**, and we want indexers compete with each other to do a good job connecting consumers to creators and their content.
The first step is to define an export format. We will encourage all social media companies to do the following:
The first step is to define an export format. We will encourage all social media companies to do the following:
1. All content can be digitally signed using a private key owned by the creator. Or, to facilitate easy adoption, legacy indexers such as Twitter can sign content on the creator's behalf.
1. All content is digitally signed using a private key owned by the creator. Or, to facilitate easy adoption, legacy indexers such as Twitter can sign content on the creator's behalf with the indexer's key.
2. When creators upload they can specify who is allowed to index their content. Or they can specify no restrictions. This is the whitelist of indexers. We would expect all indexers to respect the creator's wishes regarding the egress of their data.
2. When creators upload they can specify who is allowed to index their content. Or they can specify no restrictions. This is the whitelist of indexers. We would expect all indexers to respect the creator's wishes regarding the egress of their data.
3. All content can include a payment request, This will allow consumers to form a direct payment relationship with their favorite creators.
3. All content can include a payment request specified by the creator, This will allow consumers to form a direct payment relationship with their favorite creators.
We imagine an export format that looks something like this:
We imagine an export format that looks something like this: