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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9403018" data-attributes="member: 6669048">[ATTACH=full]372321[/ATTACH]Moonbeam is a new streaming service <a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/moonbeam/moonbeam-an-innovative-live-streaming-platform" target="_blank">currently funding on Backerkit</a> with the tagline “Join the live streaming revolution”. The service promises better moderation tools, collaboration between creators and fans, and 100% of monetization going to creators with a focus on tabletop roleplaying games.The new moderation system is titled “Pyxis” and promises to be a dynamic automated system to pre-emptively block messages of “cyberbullying, harassment, hate speech, and toxicity”. From the Backerkit:If that sounds close to the currently controversial use of algorithmic generation and large language models (LLMs), Moonbeam has an answer for that:Moonbeam’s major “gimmick” separating it from Twitch, Kick, and other streaming platforms is the use of Realms.Monetization is a big departure from Twitch as well, though it looks very similar on the surface. The service boasts all the normal monetization avenues – subscriptions, donations, merchandise sales, etc. except Moonbeam promises 100% of revenue goes to creators without the service taking a cut. There is also a premium currency called “moonstones” similar to “bits” on Twitch, where viewers can purchase moonstones from Moonbeam for an increased price, but all money from those donations goes to the creator. For example, 750 moonstones donated to a streamer is equal to US$7.50, but viewers purchase moonstones for a slightly inflated price of US$9.99.Moonbeam will also offer the ability for creators to provide a revenue split to their team through the web interface. Moderators, video editors, guest hosts, players, and other collaborators on a stream can be assigned a percentage of all monetization done through Moonbeam to be split automatically and paid directly through Moonbeam.So far, Moonbeam has multiple partners on board including Gen Con TV, Monte Cook Games, Evil Hat Productions, Kobald Press, Green Ronin Publishing, and others. Monte Cook is <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/monte-cook-games-announces-cypher-stream-creator-fund.705430/" target="_blank">currently offering grants to streamers</a> willing to dedicate to making Cypher System content on the new service.At the time of writing, Moonbeam has raised over $40,000 on a $10,000 goal with funding lasting until August 9, 2024. The service is already live in “pre-alpha” with an alpha phase expected in Q4 2024 and a beta phase in Q1 2025.</blockquote>

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