Patreon Competitor?

@nolan keep me posted ;)

@NickZ2 Sure thing :)

Well, I added notification section, now creators can see new comments, new subscriptions (means payments). Fans can get notification for expired subscriptions and new posts from subscribed creators. I believe it will help UX on platform.

Our social icons updated with real one (old version had only letters), now looks good. Also added new socials:

• Monero.forum profile
• Monerica listing
• xmrbazaar profile
• XmrChat profile

On the other side, admin tools updated for moderation purposes, it will speed up admin work (such as notifications for new user activities etc)

Soon, I will create a new org for xmrstars codebase and will invite @sepia for access, if something happens to me, at least this project can still continue without me, which he can make the codebase public etc :) it's up to you guys if something happens to me lol.

Thank you again for all the feedbacks and tips, please let me know if you guys have any questions, feedback etc. I hope, soon, I will comeback with another good news <3

@nolan The decentralized nature of Monero community network really make it difficult for newcomers to establish themselves in the community so I really like it that you put the popular site from the community in the front page.

I'm ready at your command nolan, but I will always pray for your health. I mean, can't make the project great without its OG dev right 🔥

@nolan I want to give some suggestion regarding the rule of the platform. We have discussed it in the past in this thread that we must be strict with what we can allow for the uploaded content. But we haven't discussed the specific of what is not allowed or else it will only based on vague morale background. I believe that Monero vision is to have freedom of expression so it only fair that we give objective judgement for the rule that will be set on the platform.

We already made the website with being Patreon competitor in mind, so why don't we take inspiration from our rival? (i'm just saying we can copy paste the rule haha).

These things are called Usage Policy or Community Guideline if I'm not mistaken. Borrowing from Patreon, Subscribestar and Pixiv, here is my suggestion for the policy.

Xmrstars was meant to facilitate for creative freedom for creators and the consumption of creative media. These website was not meant to facilitate nor promoting violence and harmful behavior.

Prohibited Conduct

1. The promotion of violence group and behavior including: Terrorist or Terrorist organization, Organized hate groups, Criminal organizations, Actively involved in armed conflict.
2. Defamatory, threatening, economically, physically or psychologically damaging action and comments which including: Bullying, Dogpiling, Doxxing, credible calls to violence, instructions to commit illegal acts, or content intended to harass or intimidate.
3. Repeatedly posting works or information that copy the artistic style of a specific third party as a prank or for malicious purposes.
4. Extreme real life visual content such as: scat, gore, bestiality, necrophilia, or any other such things.
5. Sexually exploits or endangers minors: any depiction of a real minor in sexualized contexts, CSAM, grooming, or age-obscured/age-ambiguous content suggesting a minor.
6. Real-life photographs and videographs or photo-realistic images that can be interpreted as sexual abuse or cruel content.
7. Real-life photographs and videographs or photo-realistic images that can cause confusion in society or violate public order and morality.
8. Real-life photographs and videographs or photo-realistic images of an individual that taken without their permission.
9. Facilitates illegal/regulated transactions: unlawful drugs, counterfeit goods, stolen data, or other items/services that require licenses or are prohibited under applicable law or network rules.
10. Promotes fraud or system abuse: scams, phishing, impersonation, account trading, artificial traffic/engagement, malware/spyware, or attempts to bypass safety or billing systems.
11. Anything that places an extreme load on the server.

Of course I hope that the we can moderate loosely with just using common sense in mind but having a clear statement of what is prohibited really help in the long run.

I suggest the rule with objective judgement in mind, trying to give freedom to every creator in the platform so their creativity flourish, no matter how weird they are while abiding to the law and not spreading harmful content. But I'm not without a flaw so I hope people on the community also give their thought about the rule for platform and maybe wanna add some rules that I miss from my suggestion.