the commenter’s job to pay via microtransactions, and maybe the author can tip back if they like it via a Flattr-ish.
Yes, I feel like it is worse than author or forum paying though, because of incentives. There are other possible ways like the commenter paying for failed comments and author/forum paying for those that passed.
Monthly subscription is also possible yeah. I had this in mind and swept it under “the forum paying for the model and getting the cost back from elsewhere”.
privacy concerns
you misunderstood, I meant that some people probably don’t want their account to be traceable to their real identity, any monetary transaction is problematic unless crypto
Yes, I feel like it is worse than author or forum paying though, because of incentives. There are other possible ways like the commenter paying for failed comments and author/forum paying for those that passed.
Monthly subscription is also possible yeah. I had this in mind and swept it under “the forum paying for the model and getting the cost back from elsewhere”.
you misunderstood, I meant that some people probably don’t want their account to be traceable to their real identity, any monetary transaction is problematic unless crypto