> aside from money obviously people do, but considering that the tech exists, why not have an option? Also, consider that many blog posts are essentially blogv

> aside from money obviously people do, but considering that the tech exists, why not have an option? Also, consider that many blog posts are essentially blogvertisements anyway, and there is apparenty a market for buying upvotes here. > you have to put a lot of work into connecting directly That is a lot harder because people's attention is limited and the big tech cos have a stronghold on it. E.g. it's very hard to pull people away from youtube.