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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 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 behal
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.
2. When creators upload they can specify who else 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, This will allow consumers to form a direct payment relationship with their favorite creators.
We would also like to address the problem with opaque recommendation engines. We know these are quite powerful in influencing the behavior of the consumers. FUTO would like for all recommendation engines to be open and transparent.
We imagine an export format that looks something like this:
We imagine an export format that looks something like this:
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* Way too complicated!
* Way too complicated!
* NOSTR
* NOSTR
* I like this. Let's make it not suck.
* I like this. Let's make it not suck.
We would also like to address the problem with opaque recommendation engines. We know these are quite powerful in influencing the behavior of the consumers. FUTO would like for all recommendation engines to be open and transparent.
