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🆕 blog! “Social Media Payments and Perverse Incentives”
At the recent "Protocols for Publishers" event, a group of us were talking about news paywalls, social media promotion, and the embarrassment of having to ask for money.
What if, we said, you could tip a journalist directly on social media? Or reward your favourite creator without leaving the…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/social-media-payments-and-perverse-incentives/
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@Edent As you know I give out rewards every day over on Hive. There's a comic artist I know there who says he makes more that way than from other online sources. It's a different model that happens to work. Ŧhose who try plagiarising tend to get found out.
Yes, I know folk here have a kneejerk reaction to things like blockchain or even to being paid to blog. I don't really need the money, but I can support others by building my stake.
@Edent I pay about 300$ per month via Patreon to creators (so with Patreon fees it is around 400+$).
The reason why I like Patreon is that I have a central place to manage this.
