@Edent putting a link on every post gives the impression that every post and every account is a money making opportunity.

Just having a link in a profile or an occasional post is situational, it implies nothing about the overall platform or its incentives.

@Edent I'm afraid integrating something like this into the platform would lead to perverse incentives like monetization, bots, bait posting, influencer culture and a lot of the capitalist nonsense that has destroyed mainstream social media.

I think it's fine to ask for tips or donations or aid in a post but where the actual platform is concerned we need to remember the medium is the message. We don't want the message of Mastodon to be "every post can make you money."