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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by metalliqaz on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:28AM (#15080905)
Why? It's the consumer's fault s/he over paid for one article. Author got lucky. Good for them.
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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by mgiannopoulos on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:04AM (#15081167)
If I want to support a source without remembering to read every article or clap a thousand times , I can't under this model.

Plus, is this going to be transparent to the readers? Will I know how my 5$ were split among sources?

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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by nrhk on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:25AM (#15081310)
Well if your trying to support a source and don't read any of their content are they really benefiting engagement to the platform like Medium wants?

Maybe they can add a Patreon system as well.

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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by pc86 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:47AM (#15081894)
Once you pay Medium, it's Medium's money. Sending fine-grained monetary support to content creators is exactly what Patreon is for.
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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by joering2 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:40PM (#15083967)
Were you serious about your bet?
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Re:Medium rolls out a payment model for writers based on eng... by pc86 on Thursday August 24, 2017 @02:44PM (#15092828)
The fact that you are tracking down my other comments to make remarks completely unrelated to the thread isn't exactly convincing me I was wrong.
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