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Last Notes

2026-08-14 18:20:56 UTC

@npub1fmx…wp74 @npub1rcn…dw4h we have a BIG support button on every podcast page. If the RSS feed has an external link, then the button goes there. However if a podcast doesn't have the funding tag in the feed then we automatically turn on the funding tag with the option to donate in TrueFans.
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2026-08-13 20:39:47 UTC

I really enjoyed this podcast - Dave and Dharm DeMystify who talk about the interleger protocol.
Here is a clip from the show where they talk about streaming micropayments.
https://truefans.fm/dave-and-dharm-demystify/6a7ae97e5426fe92370593a2?tab=clips&id=6a7e297829a6827eb59cd5c1

2026-07-20 16:31:48 UTC

1/2 - TrueFans has just launched another new way for fans to support the podcasters they love. 🎁
Fans can now gift 1, 3, 6, or 12 months of TrueFans podcast hosting.
If a podcast is hosted on TrueFans, supporters can visit the Merch tab on a podcast page and purchase a hosting package as a gift.
Once the purchase is complete, the podcaster receives a unique redemption code. Entering the code in their TrueFans dashboard automatically covers their hosting costs for the gifted period.
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2026-07-20 14:53:48 UTC

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yes sorry. A TM but not sure what they do?

2026-07-20 14:40:38 UTC

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2026-07-20 13:39:59 UTC

Has anyone come across this Dutch App called SuperFeed. There website says and does nothing but they have filed for a US Patent
PATENT: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results/99932138
WEBSITE:
https://superfeed.fm/
/cc @npub13cg…ck4q

2026-07-18 21:43:50 UTC

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Podcasters can make their entire podcast premium or choose individual episodes. Fans can discover, purchase, and listen to premium content without ever leaving the app.
And if you host your podcast with TrueFans, your RSS feed can seamlessly include both free and premium episodes.
Our goal is simple: reduce friction for fans and help creators earn more from their work. These features are all about helping independent podcasters grow, collaborate, and build sustainable podcast businesses.

2026-07-18 21:41:07 UTC

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💎 4. Premium Content
Many podcasters use platforms like Patreon to sell ad-free premium content. While these paywall services work well, they introduce friction—fans have to leave their podcast app, create another account, subscribe, and then copy a private RSS feed back into their preferred podcast player.
With TrueFans, premium content is built in.
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2026-07-18 21:38:33 UTC

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🎙️ 3. Request a Podroll Listing
Podrolls are a great way to recommend other podcasts. On TrueFans, podrolls become playlists that automatically surface the latest episode from every recommended show. Podcasts can now send requests to be included in another creator's podroll, making discovery and collaboration even easier.
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2026-07-18 21:36:04 UTC

1/4 TrueFans shipped four new features designed to help podcasters grow their audience, increase engagement, and build stronger communities.
↔️ 1. Cross-Promote
Once you've claimed your podcast on TrueFans (it's free), your show becomes discoverable across the platform. You can send another podcast an offer to feature your latest episode on their podcast page for a set period. They can accept or decline the request, giving creators a simple, transparent way to collaborate and reach new audiences
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2026-07-05 09:38:17 UTC

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I was thinking how will we get other countries stablecoin currencies

2026-07-04 21:48:22 UTC

On June 30, 2026, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, BlackRock, Standard Chartered, Google, Shopify, and more than 140 other companies have signed on to Open USD, a new US dollar-backed stablecoin initiative operated by Open Standard.
The project is designed for powering global money movement and is expected to go live later in 2026.
The initiative is led by Zach Abrams, the cofounder of Bridge, which was acquired by Stripe in late 2024.
Link: https://joinopenstandard.com/
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2026-07-03 09:22:05 UTC

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why are you pushing podlove and not adopting podcasting 2.0 namespace amd tags

2026-07-03 08:27:39 UTC

On next weeks Podnews Weekly our special guest will be [@ryanwi](https://hachyderm.io/@ryanwi ) from Car Curios.
Ryan has proposed a new podcast annotation format which I liken to Apple’s proprietary ‘Timed Links.’
Should Podcasting 2.0 adopt this format?
@npub1fmx…wp74 @npub1rcn…dw4h @npub13cg…ck4q @npub1g2v…achf @npub137c…y0lh @npub1nnp…pjsr
https://www.podcastannotation.org
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2026-06-26 19:01:56 UTC

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I agree the games so far have been good. The most viewed World Cup of all time. But ask anyone outside of the US and those hydration breaks suck.
Anyway England are doing well but not favourites to win. My money is still on France

2026-06-26 13:57:49 UTC

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football Martin pls :-)

2026-06-23 14:06:40 UTC

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tell me more … why?

2026-06-21 13:49:11 UTC

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spot on and yes we will fix it so we are sending the right data but stablecoin is getting my focus. Stripe have a great implementation and watching others in this space. My hope is banks will offer a digital account/wLlet to work alongside my current account.

2026-06-21 13:42:15 UTC

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will do although we are moving away from Bitcoin SATs

2026-06-02 21:51:57 UTC

@npub13cg…ck4q wrote in Podnews Daily about how to use the RSS AutoDiscovery tag from the original RSS 2.0 spec.
RSS autodiscovery is a technique that allows web browsers and feed readers to automatically detect a website's RSS or Atom feed.
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Your Site Name" href="https://example.com">
We added them to all TrueFans podcast pages. But how do we know if they are working?
There is no RSS icon in the address bar? What am I doing wrong?
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2026-05-29 17:44:25 UTC

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would you mind checking that we have done it right? And are we also sending the right metadata for payments?
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2026-05-29 17:43:02 UTC

@npub1g2v…achf TrueFans is now supporting OP3 for all podcasts we host.
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2026-05-07 05:42:12 UTC

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fear not we are talking about it on PWR today.

2026-05-07 05:35:39 UTC

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Apple's proprietary API for HLS video doesn't use RSS. TrueFans is going the other way We are builidng Super RSS feeds with Audio, Video and Freemium/Premium RSS in the same feed. no need for Patreon private feeds.
We are also adding blogs, events, publishers feeds and merch into the same feed.
The creator can customise the feed in their settings to choose what is included in their SuperFeed.

2026-05-04 16:30:16 UTC

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we are running logs to find the issue

2026-04-30 03:25:13 UTC

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no we have a issue I am talking to James

2026-04-24 17:06:34 UTC

Show tonight @npub1rcn…dw4h?

2026-04-17 13:11:20 UTC

Today TrueFans launched Co-Listen & Chat (the new Netflix & Chill).
So if I follow you on TrueFans and we become friends. Then when you start listening to an episode, I get a notification.
If I click on the notification, I join you at the same point in the audio.
Now we can both listen together and chat in real-time about the episode.
I will be listening to Podcast 2.0 with @npub1fmx…wp74 and @npub1rcn…dw4h.
e.g https://lnkd.in/eJ2FtVhP
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2026-04-14 20:42:01 UTC

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hosts should not allow AI slop and not publish it to the index. Hosts need to take responsibility, too.
Why is Spreaker allowing Inception Point AI? Why did RSS.com allow Light Knot Studios?
I appreciate @npub1rcn…dw4h you detecting this slop and adding an API. But lets stop this at source.

2026-04-13 14:40:15 UTC

@npub1rcn…dw4h did you make The Podcast Index - new feeds report, it is brilliant!!!
https://public.podcastindex.org/24hourFeedReport.html
Are there API endpoints as I want to block Inception AI and a few other spammers like Light Knot Studios.
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2026-04-11 19:55:26 UTC

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Yes Martin we will add an RSS feed link on every podcast/episode page.
Surf is a modern day RSS reader and so you can then add TrueFans pages to Surf.

2026-04-03 19:38:16 UTC

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I am open to feedback. Don’t worry we are aware of some limitations but be aware we are the only app that supports every podcast 2.0 tag. We are also the only platform to offer streaming audio/video and measure listen time across all apps. We are the only app to refund podcasters the data value they don’t use. Anyway maybe try us again in 6 months

2026-04-03 19:35:02 UTC

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we have a version using react native in the works but we stopped as it would take 6 months plus to replicate the PWA. So we wrapped it for now in order to close the funding. We can now grow the team and build

2026-04-03 19:31:52 UTC

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why do we need to host the podcasts? They are both self hosted. I accept we are far from perfect but we now going back to refactor all our APIs for performance while still adding new features like audio/video hosting etc

2026-04-03 19:29:01 UTC

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sorry but that’s Apple not supporting PWAs we have to build a 100% native. Maybe one day we will deliver what you need but we are a two man team trying our best to build a feature rich podcast app

2026-04-03 19:19:13 UTC

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wrong time to test. Last week we totally refactored the payments api to support LNaddress alongside Keysend. We also added support for metadata comments today. We also refactored the Podping api - so you would have had lots of issues

2026-04-03 18:44:35 UTC

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we also updated podping so shows and live episodes should appear instantly. We added a message queue. We will look to implement Dave's Ghostwriter when it hits beta. ;-)

2026-04-03 18:37:51 UTC

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did you notice the payment was 1000% smoother and quicker. Real Time chat coming soon to co-listen.

2026-04-03 18:05:06 UTC

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already done - 50p and a Mars Bar

2026-04-03 14:52:30 UTC

Podcast Portals
Red Seat Ventures has launched its own invitation-only podcast hosting company, called Speakeasy. It offers hosting, ad-supported monetization, AI-powered analytics and support for RSS, HLS and video. It also integrates Supercast, the membership platform acquired in February.
There is a trend now. Substack, Supercast, Patreon and Beehiiv are podcast portals that offer hosting as an ancillary service but primarily they offer community and premium content. /@adam @npub1rcn…dw4h

2026-04-01 11:25:27 UTC

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2026-04-01 11:24:57 UTC

I'm speaking at THE biggest international festival on the "Future of Podcasting" 🚀
- Hosting 2.0 - streaming audio and video (HLS), means you get true Listen Time and Watch Time metrics across all apps. No need for downloads numbers.
- Publishers Feeds with Premium Content. No need for private feeds.
- Micropayments using StableCoin or Bitcoin. No need for credit cards fees.
- Podcast Portals - combining podcasts, newsletters, blogs, events and merch. No need for multiple apps.
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2026-03-27 17:59:49 UTC

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Here are the payments in Alby
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2026-03-27 17:54:01 UTC

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payments going through. We refactored the payment API and support both Keysend and LNAddress
The error you see is the time out because p2.0 has so many splits but we are seeing all the payments and splits
In the past we could batch the payments using Keysend. With the new LNAddress protocol it is sent to each split individually which then times out
We are adding a payment queue next week to overcome this timeout issue

2026-03-20 18:29:23 UTC

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yesPWR is out. James was flying to Riga and so it was published late sorry
https://truefans.fm/podnews-weekly-review/69bd909719dbe76c99ca94c2

2026-03-19 13:07:15 UTC

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does background play work for you? As it doesn't for me

2026-03-19 12:53:00 UTC

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I still can't get closed screen continuation. I had the £13.99 version before which allows me to put my phone in my pocket with the screen off and still I could listen. downgrading to the £7.99 version removed that feature. So I was excited that is was coming back to the £7.99 version but so far it doesn't

2026-03-15 15:05:22 UTC

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took hours :-)

2026-03-15 12:54:28 UTC

It’s not all about podcasting. Off by see Elton John at the Ballroom Park Lane, London
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2026-03-13 18:11:29 UTC

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are you in TrueFans and listening

2026-03-13 18:00:49 UTC

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red wine with no AI slop

2026-03-12 17:04:50 UTC

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This is great but I cannot find an example from Spreaker. The episode mentioned in the article The Adventures of Kiwi The Seal doesn't appear. Do you know of another spreaker hosted podcast that has enabled the AI tag?

2026-03-12 12:30:49 UTC

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this is really interesting. We use Stripe and we are testing with their stablecoin API.
Snippet:
Stripe re-enabled USDC acceptance, launched stablecoin Financial Accounts in more than 100 countries, and closed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, the stablecoin API platform.
Bloomberg reported in late February that Meta is exploring stablecoin payments across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, targeting the second half of 2026, with Stripe cited as a likely integration partner.

2026-03-08 23:57:49 UTC

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I have no idea who wildrss is but they are wrong.
https://validator.truefans.fm/?validate=https://feeds.truefans.fm/rss/651fe0a6026303fc6d4b34fa
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2026-03-08 23:13:35 UTC

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"Payment as Authentication": Agents can use the act of payment (e.g., via x402) as authorization to access services, replacing user accounts and API keys.
Note: While significant infrastructure is being built (40,000 agents already on-chain, as of March 2026), current agentic payment volumes ($50M) are still microscopic compared to the $46 trillion in total annual stablecoin volume.

2026-03-08 23:12:03 UTC

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Summary of Economic Advantages
These platforms make microtransactions economical through several structural changes:
Bypassing Card Fees: By using stablecoins on L2 blockchains, they eliminate the fixed fees (e.g., $0.30 + 3%) that make credit cards unsuitable for transactions worth only a few cents.
Programmable Money: Payments are integrated directly into the software workflow, allowing AI to make instant, autonomous, and 24/7 transactions.

2026-03-08 23:09:47 UTC

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3. Coinbase: x402 Protocol and Agentic Wallets
Coinbase is building open-standards to allow AI agents to manage their own finances.
x402 Protocol: Co-founded with Cloudflare, this is an open standard designed for agent-to-agent payments. It works by using the HTTP 402 ("Payment Required") status code, allowing agents to pay for API access or data in real time without human intervention.
Agentic Wallets: A wallet infrastructure that allows AI agents to securely hold, send, and receive USDC.

2026-03-08 23:08:00 UTC

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2. Stripe: Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)
Stripe is focusing on connecting AI agents directly to merchant, checkout, and banking systems.
Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP): A new open standard that allows AI agents to securely interact with businesses, manage checkout flows, and process payments without needing to store or expose raw, sensitive financial credentials.

2026-03-08 23:05:16 UTC

1. Circle: "Nanopayments" and Arc Blockchain
Circle is targeting the infrastructure layer with tools specifically for autonomous, high-frequency, low-value transactions.
Circle Nanopayments: This system is designed to allow AI agents to hold balances and make transactions as small as $0.000001, with fees that are just a fraction of a penny.
Circle Arc: A high-velocity blockchain intended to serve as a specialized, "always-on" layer for stablecoin payments, designed for speed and low cost.

2026-03-08 23:04:07 UTC

Good article to read in Bloomberg.
How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical.
Sadly its behind a paywall.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-07/stablecoin-firms-bet-big-on-ai-agent-payments-that-barely-exist
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I have posted the summary below in the following comments.

2026-03-07 21:10:20 UTC

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alt facts will return by popular demand ;-)

2026-03-06 16:30:19 UTC

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permission to film or photo exactly. Wait till facial recognition comes in

2026-03-06 12:57:37 UTC

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the mor apps that support it the easier it will be to share content to Mastodon. TrueFans also does auto sharing of users various activities. We will improve that shortly.
I want to improve the use of the Soundbites Tag to include multiple audio/video clips maybe AI generated. But I think hosts could also auto distribute those clips to a podcasters social media end points. So hosts not only distribute RSS feeds to app but also clips to social media.

2026-03-06 12:47:36 UTC

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We were testing the new Share to Mastodon button which we have added to our validator. We will add the button to other pages on TrueFans.
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2026-03-06 12:12:29 UTC

https://validator.truefans.fm/?validate=https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2105583.rss

2026-03-06 11:17:21 UTC

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I assume everything I give meta is non-privacy. If Zuck wants my photos good luck making money. The utility of the glasses exceeds the loss of privacy

2026-03-05 15:15:25 UTC

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https://blog.getalby.com/introducing-alby-wallet-api-community-sdks/

2026-03-04 20:35:33 UTC

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Actually that is what the RSS.com guidelines suggest.
When should you use the AI tag?
The tag should be used when the core substance of your content, whether that is the voice, the music, or the synthesis of the episode, is significantly produced by artificial intelligence.
If you use AI purely as a "digital assistant" for administrative, brainstorming, or aesthetic tasks, you do not need to use the AI tag.
https://help.rss.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002773969

2026-03-04 13:22:52 UTC

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is suggesting a transcript rating to measure the percentage of AI content. This would then give users an option to set a percentage limit which would then filter out the episode.
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2026-03-04 13:21:25 UTC

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1/2
Quick question how do we deal with this situation?
1. A show like PWR uses AI voices for segment intros. Should we mark the whole show as AI-content.
The percentage of the show with AI voices is less than 1% so I won't mark it as AI. But what if it was 10% or 30% should we then mark it as AI even though its not the main content?
BTW I'm super pleased we have a v1.0 solution for marking AI content but its a blunt tool much like the explicit tag.
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2026-03-04 09:33:15 UTC

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oh extra for foreign language versions

2026-03-03 16:13:56 UTC

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So you can see the episode in TrueFans. We show the AI disclosure, we show location. We also show the Alt Enclosure with the Spanish version.
Other things you will find on this page are soundbite, chapters and transcript.
We support ALL 16 tags enabled on this episode.
Link https://truefans.fm/podcasting-innovation/69a6c030ae9ed9ecc0c71331
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2026-03-03 12:17:39 UTC

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team work makes the dream work !!!

2026-03-03 12:16:35 UTC

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amazing . We just added an option to read podcasts with txt purpose=ai-content
I’ll ingest this into TrueFans and let you see how it displays.

2026-03-02 20:31:52 UTC

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not sure why you have removed the mastodon branding?

2026-03-02 20:28:20 UTC

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just released by Mastodon. Thinking were to add it.

2026-03-02 19:32:05 UTC

Testing the new Mastodon Share button.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

2026-03-02 13:35:01 UTC

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100% agree but this is the first time I have seen any other company add an AI label. I come from the school of build it and ask for feedback. Now hopefully this topic will get more attention and with it a consensus on how we can tackle it together .
I have said the explicit tag is voluntary and so should the AI tag. The adoption will be low but it’s a start. However we can get AI to police AI and mark the transcript with a score which needs P2.0 agreement.

2026-03-02 13:28:41 UTC

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here is the user settings in TrueFans to let users block AI.
Excited to see RSS.com add this. But how do we standardise and formalise this.
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2026-03-02 13:23:21 UTC

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we have also extended the person tag to let podcasters mark hosts as AI
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2026-03-02 13:22:15 UTC

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snap.
We enable podcasters to self label if their host(s) is AI. Not if the show used AI. We are working with PodToo to enable AI to measure the transcript of each episode and give it a score out of 100.
Today we let users filter out any content tagged AI bit with the AI ranking score, in the near future we will let them have a sliding scale so they can choose 30% 50% etc.
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2026-02-27 17:26:41 UTC

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exactly. I need to check if it’s in the OPAWG list or if our code hasn’t picked it up. But either way we will tag it in the future along with other bots.
This is NOT TrueFans blocking the bots but just letting podcasters see their data clean without Bots.
Step 2 will be to let podcasters choose to block individual bots and we can then do that on the server but for now we wanted podcasters to see how many bots are hitting our servers and listening for hours.

2026-02-27 17:11:28 UTC

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they don’t press play they suck in the RSS feed and listen sometimes multiple times to each episode.

2026-02-27 17:10:03 UTC

Jack Dorsey just let 40% of Block employees go. Block are highly profitable but Jack says AI can replace the people. Stock went up 20% on the announcement.
The Industrial Revolution displaced people. The Digital Revolution did the same. I guess we are in the AI Revolution. What will people do next?
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2026-02-27 16:06:08 UTC

The new TrueFans analytics dashboard for creators shows both the Total Play Counts across all apps and Total Listen Time broken down by app. We achieve this by streaming episodes (no downloads) both MP3/MP4 as well as HLS.
What we are now seeing are the numerous AI bots streaming each episode, sometimes for hours.
We have added a bot filter to enable creators to see their true play and listen time numbers.
We will be adding more BOTs to the OPAWG Bot list.
/cc @npub1g2v…achf
https://github.com/opawg/user-agents-v2/blob/master/src/bots.json
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2026-02-27 09:44:01 UTC

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Yes super well done David !!!

2026-02-27 09:43:29 UTC

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I've got tons of that ;-)

2026-02-26 17:53:55 UTC

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justice when the rich and famous via Epstein made the world wierd enough you have Gates and Hawkins with Russian models and now Blair. #letthemeatcake

2026-02-23 10:50:56 UTC

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no shippable ads would be a app breaker for me if implemented and adhered to by Apple.

2026-02-22 19:17:28 UTC

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100% it’s not a Podcast without an RSS feed.

2026-02-19 17:00:58 UTC

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thanks Chris and to be fair you have never used TrueFans and this would never recommend it. You’re a Fountain fanboy and I think Fountain is a great platform and great for you.
I don’t like Nostr. I have been pushing the micropayment rock up the hill for three years with little mainstream adoption.
We support both Keysend and LNAddress but everytime I think we are done along comes another change. So I wish you well with Jupiter Broadcasting - each to their own.

2026-02-19 12:33:33 UTC

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3/3 - Hosting Plans
After 30 days you will get a refund of the difference between plan cost and total spent. We will then charge you for the next month and repeat for the third month. We will then know your data usage pattern and set the monthly recurring charge. i.e $5 or $10 or $15.
You will be able to upgrade the Audio Plan to a Video Plan on this page and eventually to a Live Plan.
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2026-02-19 12:32:38 UTC

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1/2
@npub13cg…ck4q @npub1rcn…dw4h @npub1fmx…wp74 we will announce our Streaming Video hosting plans go live next week for $30 per month upto 1TB of data.
In the creators dashboard you can see the hosting plan you are on and the amount of data you have uploaded and streamed (transparency) plus you can see the amount spent and days left for the month.
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2026-02-19 12:26:04 UTC

Apple announced support for HLS video through its closed proprietary API. ( @npub13cg…ck4q and I have a LOOOOOONG discussion above what, why and how it all works in PWR).
The good news is Apple have also improved MP4 playback in the primary enclosure. (still no HLS in the Primary or Alt Enclosure support)
TrueFans has enabled MP3 streaming of episodes to show actual number of plays and total listen time.
Today we successfully tested streaming MP4 in 10s packets. So we can calc Plays + Watch Time.
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2026-02-19 12:19:52 UTC

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we are not spending dev cycles as a priority on this until we see a clear path forward.
The payment methods keep changing like quick sand and we don't want to waste our time on implementing one standard one week only to have it replaced two weeks later.
We are spending more time investigating Stablecoin micropayments via Stripe and Paypal.
Bitcoin has lost 50% of its value in the last few weeks and I am not sure this will be the path forward for payment providers or TrueFans.
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2026-02-18 08:35:27 UTC

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3/3 - Stage 3 we will enable podcasters to take payment directly on TrueFans either from the users wallet or from Stripe.
We have already built this functionality for Events. Podcasters can create an event and either have ticket sales externally or taken on TrueFans. We will replicate this payment functionality for the Merch Store.
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2026-02-18 08:32:51 UTC

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1/3 - The Podcast:Store tag will appear on the podcast page. This works like the Funding Tag.
Stage2: We will enable podcasters to upload images and product description plus price. This will appear in the Merch Tab. - see below - The product will link out to an e-store which is what Spotify and YouTube do today.
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2026-02-18 08:25:17 UTC

1/2 - TrueFans is experimenting with a new Podcast:Store tag.
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/644
We are going to do this in three stages.
Stage 1 - we are adding an option for podcasters to add the tag with the option for a single or multiple external links.
This then appears on the podcast page as a shopping cart with a link out.
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2026-02-18 08:11:29 UTC

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2026-02-18 08:00:36 UTC

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