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Re:The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment... by cmdrfred on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:43PM (#14044477)
I'd like to see something that seamlessly ties a voting system (thumbs up/thumbs down) with a payment system and a social media aspect. Charge a dollar per thumbs up on a video, if a video has lots of thumbs ups than that means lots of people paid to say "this content is good" increasing the likelihood that it is actually good. All of the money can go to the content creator and the aggregator can make it's money with advertising.
Re:The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment... by c_prompt on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:53PM (#14045520)
Self-serving plug: I created valME.io to do exactly this. [1] It uses Bitcoin. [2] YoursNetwork also has a working prototype. [3]

[1] https://valme.io/c/gettingstarted/faq/pkqqs/the-genesis-of-v...

[2] https://valme.io/c/gettingstarted/faq/kqqqs/how-valme-works/

[3] https://stories.yours.org

Re:The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment... by pdelbarba on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:46PM (#14044504)
That would be interesting. I like the idea of keeping a fixed monthly amount so you don't have to worry about upvoting things often, you just do what you always have done, and your preferences support creators accordingly.
Re:The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment... by CaptSpify on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:44PM (#14045456)
It would also help with downvote-brigading if it cost something to vote it down.
Re:The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring micropayment... by c_prompt on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:56PM (#14045549)
One other self-serving post: that's the way valME.io works. [1]

[1] https://valme.io/c/gettingstarted/faq/nqqqs/why-does-it-cost...