22 January 2023
OSCAR MERRY | Fountain 0.6 Updates, Cross App Comments & V4V Versus Advertising
Oscar (the cofounder of the Fountain podcasting app) is back on for the 3rd time after a long break between our chats.
In Conversation #81, Oscar and I discuss: all the new features in the 0.6 edition, strategic decisions he is making whilst building the app, the complexity of trying to integrate comments from across different platforms, ways in which the onboarding is becoming much easier, whether the 'value for value' model can work for a business and my hesitation to participate with advertising in any manner.
As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Oscar
(1:04) - Fountain compared to last year
(2:51) - Payments & Zebedee
(5:15) - Time spent developing
(7:31) - Fiat to Bitcoin within the app
(11:47) - Attention vs Value as the signal
(16:59) - YouTube comment system
(21:16) - Podcasting 2.0 comments
(29:08) - Tags in the namespace
(30:56) - Moderation & free speech
(36:14) - Opt-in organ donations
(38:02) - Adoption of P2.0 tags
(43:38) - Fountain Lightning addresses
(49:41) - V4V as a business
(56:06) - Fountain Premium
(58:21) - Advertising on Fountain
(1:00:52) - My satvertising conflict
(1:14:35) - BTC, KYC and ethics
(1:24:04) - Value For Value podcast season 3
Connect with Oscar & Fountain:
Website: https://fountain.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fountain_app
Oscar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryOscar
Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/
