would fedi links first help? if a site has precense in the gated communities but made that visually secondary to their friendica+masto+pixelfed links…?

(i don’t want to go to a corprate kettlebox to check for news and updates, that’s for sure.)

they hate it less if it’s funny and easy and doesn’t trigger paywall-creep trauma?

prominant at the footer or last on a sidebar. a page dedicated to a brief transparency of hosting costs and ongoing labor demands of the project, and current state of funding helps a lot!

if that seems difficult, see if a friend or comrade with ok writing skills ‘interview’ you on the subject for five or ten minutes – sometimes it’s easier to have a friend reflecting to discover one’s finer points of value.

thanks for helping build the webrings and discovery tools of tomorrow.

i’ll be watching your project while i work on my Web Literacy and Navigation materials. :)