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So-called “Zuck Bucks” are Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ‘s latest project, as the tech giant looks to develop virtual coins that would help its platforms rely less on advertising.
Meta is looking to develop a range of products for their virtual space, reports The Guardian . These include “creator coins,” to diversify income and to attract new users. This is likely in an effort to bring in users from rival company Tiktok , who currently have a rewards system in place.
Meta continues to be the powerhouse of the social media world, bringing in revenues of $118 billion in 2021, with a current userbase of 4.9 billion between Instagram and Facebook. Anyone with Hair Loss Should Watch This (They Hide This from You) Tiktok, however, recently passed the billion-user threshold.
Due to rising players such as Tiktok, Meta is now “exploring ways to further monetize its user base,” according to the Financial Times.
“Creator coins,” “social tokens,” and “reputation tokens” are all options being looked at by Meta. This likely in an attempt to mimic Twitch’s successful tipping system where fans can donate voluntarily to their favorite streamers. Tiktok has a similar voluntary tipping system in place, with both platforms allowing users to watch content for free.
Facebook has entered the digital financial world before. In 2009, Facebook launched Facebook Credits for in-app purchases to then-popular games, such as FarmVille. It would later be shut down due to the company’s international growth which made it expensive to convert currencies.
Meta is also exploring its options in the NFT world, with plans to intergrate into Instagram and Facebook. As of now, platforms such as Twitter allow users to put NFTs as profile pictures with specific hexagon-shaped frames.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker