I use the Local filter and its pretty much just local news, that works for me but if people are making posts locally they are getting crowded out. If there was a way to give precedence to user posts that would be welcome . I could see the amount of automatic content that is ideal could change as the number of users posting and engaging changes.
I like what you’re trying to do, would offer to help but am quite busy myself.
For what its worth, I think running ads for local businesses is reasonable.
I want to eventually become solvent enough to pay moderators a living wage for what they do.
Generating revenue from tucson.social or external means? Do you have a plan for that at this point?
I’m not aware of any others, do you mean the local communities on tucson.social or are there other Tucson specific lemmy instances?
I’m personally not coming here for anything other than local information.