We're working on a social tool (maybe not a network?) that we want to be funded by users instead of ads and we're thinking that as you say a fee may help discou

We're working on a social tool (maybe not a network?) that we want to be funded by users instead of ads and we're thinking that as you say a fee may help discourage automated spam. Also we're finding that some of the features that enhance user privacy could help reduce bad behavior, like defaulting to smaller, closed groups of people. But it's a fascinating challenge and there's so many facets to it – glad people are starting to think about different ways to approach the problems with social! (Sneaky pitch: if this sounds interesting to you maybe let's work together! https://frenlo.com/ https://frenlo.com/)