Fund Your Internet
Pick one thing you value online. Fund it today.
One thing. Today.
Choose something you rely on
A newsletter you read, a podcast you listen to, an app you use, a news source you trust.
Find out how you can keep it going
A subscription, a tip jar, a sponsor page, a "buy me a coffee" link.
Fund it today
Any amount. No commitment required.
You are sustaining something you use, not donating to charity. The same way you might shop at a local market instead of a supermarket — not out of obligation, but because you have decided that what you value is worth keeping around.
Why this matters
Most of what you value online is made by people who are not getting paid enough to keep going. The funding model was not built for them.
The Old Way
Isn't the internet meant to be free?
A local news site earns fractions of a penny per page view from ads. To pay one journalist, they need millions of views a month. That changes what gets written - and what you're allowed to discover.
Understand the mechanicsA New Way
It is already happening
In dozens of communities — open source, journalism, podcasting, the decentralised web — people are building direct relationships between makers and the people who value what they make. Not a single platform. A pattern.
See who is buildingThe Evidence
The research is clear
Algorithmic feeds measurably shift what gets made and how people feel. Direct funding models are growing but face real obstacles. The data exists — curated, annotated, and organised by question.
Read the sourcesKeep going
FYI
A quarterly reminder to fund the next One Thing — with context on what is changing and what is working. One email, four times a year.
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