Do you mean pay per article or pay per view? Per view would virtually eliminate the independent submitter and select for the spam and corporate shills. Who has

Do you mean pay per article or pay per view? Per view would virtually eliminate the independent submitter and select for the spam and corporate shills. Who has the cash or wants to risk a penny per view (or whatever micropayment it is) except for corporate advertising? I don't think per article would fix the problem either. It is a sea of crap because of the quality more than quantity. If you are getting views then a penny or whatever micropayment per article is nothing. I doubt this guy would stick around if he had to pay per view and I doubt per post payment would limit the crap. The most effective way would be some sort of peer reviewed limitation, but that is difficult to implement and would likely reduce medium's viewership (management says oh the horror of sensationalist articles in one direction and yes! Page views! in the other). There will be a transition to another blogging platform that sets up the right barrier to entry / moderation. Personally I don't think it is monetary.