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Thanks for writing this, I plan to give it a try now. I use imgur regularly but their pitch “use coil and get something in imgur!” really didn’t make sense to m

Thanks for writing this, I plan to give it a try now. I use imgur regularly but their pitch “use coil and get something in imgur!” really didn’t make sense to me, this write up is better. Is there a way to pause or speed up/increase or whitelist sites with this tool/process? This will 100% cause scammers to find ways to abuse this system just like scammy ad-filled sites, and there seems little point of contributing if your money will go towards building a new scamming industry. Basically: how do you avoid abuse here? I don’t want to give a penny to sites that for example make it hard to access content to increase the $ they get from me.

sofixa 6y ago
> Is there a way to pause or speed up/increase or whitelist sites with this tool/process? This will 100% cause scammers to find ways to abuse this system just like scammy ad-filled sites, and there seems little point of contributing if your money will go towards building a new scamming industry. You can manually stop the extension on scammy websites, and it only works when the page is open and active, and stops when you go idle. For the money involved (subscriptions are $5 USD/month, and you get less than $0.46/ active hour of use), and the hassle ( to withdraw money from a wallet you need to prove your identity), i don't think abuse will be very profitable.
- sequoia 6y ago
  > i don't think abuse will be very profitable. I don’t find this argument convincing at all. The same could be said about ad impressions (pennies or fractions of pennies per view) but there are whole content farm industries built on this. I support the idea but abuse should be considered and addressed, not handwaved away.