Have an opt-in for advertisements, based in a user profile that the user controls. A percentage of the money earned this way goes to the user; another percentage goes to Element development.
Text from unencrypted rooms can be used for targeting; encrypted rooms are (of course) off-limits.
Why would you like to do it?
This
brings in money for Element development
brings in money for Element users
gives a venue for genuine advertisers, who may currently post off-topic messages
brings Matrix under the attention of the commercial world
allows poor users to use some commercial features of Element (e.g. support) by spending the earning thus gained. There could even be some micro-support level that would be affordable for people with moderate Element use.
How would you like to achieve it?
A user who opts in can manage a profile, sharing as much or as little as wanted (ideally with an indication of the difference in revenue following from certain choices, so as to make them more informed)
Advertisers can work with those profiles in an aggregate shape (see roughly how many people match a certain profile template, send publicity to all those matching a template, and so on).
Maybe this can be done by an integration - if the integration is able to read the non-encrypted rooms the user is in, and able to recognise the user among the room members.
Payment can be done by crypto - maybe using the system Brave uses.
Have you considered any alternatives?
Not really - other than the integration mentioned above.
Your use case
What would you like to do?
Have an opt-in for advertisements, based in a user profile that the user controls. A percentage of the money earned this way goes to the user; another percentage goes to Element development. Text from unencrypted rooms can be used for targeting; encrypted rooms are (of course) off-limits.
Why would you like to do it?
This
How would you like to achieve it?
A user who opts in can manage a profile, sharing as much or as little as wanted (ideally with an indication of the difference in revenue following from certain choices, so as to make them more informed) Advertisers can work with those profiles in an aggregate shape (see roughly how many people match a certain profile template, send publicity to all those matching a template, and so on).
Maybe this can be done by an integration - if the integration is able to read the non-encrypted rooms the user is in, and able to recognise the user among the room members.
Payment can be done by crypto - maybe using the system Brave uses.
Have you considered any alternatives?
Not really - other than the integration mentioned above.
Additional context
No response