Here are definitions from Merriam-Webster online dictionary, but what is your take?

Exploitation (noun): an act or instance of exploiting Exploit (verb): 1.) to make productive use of; 2.) to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage

Monetization (verb): 1.) to coin into money; 2.) to purchase (public or private debt) and thereby free for other uses moneys that would have been devoted to debt service; 3.) to utilize (something of value) as a source of profit

  • Edit - revised title to “Is there a difference…” from “What is the difference…”
  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I almost feel like this question is bait. If you see every monetary transaction as someone exploiting another then I probably don’t have the energy to carry this conversation

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      1 year ago

      Could be the equally exhausting polar opposite too: seeing every case of economic exploitation as just smart monetization.

      At the risk of sounding like the Enlightened Centrists I so loathe, both of those arguments are ridiculously extreme and completely divorced from reality.

    • bayport@yall.theatl.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      Good point, I should reword the question. I don’t see it as every transaction is exploitative. But there is some kind of spectrum and I’m trying to understand where do I draw that line/range that separates good from bad. I’m curious to hear other people’s opinions.