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Keen to hear how you've solved the journalism revenue problem. You must surely be a billionaire!

• skinkestek 5y ago
  Following my recommendation won't make anyone a billionaire I think but it will give them a chance at some of my leftover money: allow me to buy one issue, or one story or 50 tokens or something. But between two papers, one national broadcaster that costs me n x $100, Netflix, Spotify, supporting Amnesty and Médecins Sans Frontières, my family and my church there isn't room for everyone who want me to subscribe.
  • tablespoon 5y ago
    > allow me to buy one issue, or one story or 50 tokens or something. The problem with that idea is: 1) it doesn't result in a predictable revenue stream (required for good investigative journalism), and... 2) it incentives click-bait and outrage-bait more than anything else.
    • skinkestek 5y ago
      > it incentives click-bait and outrage-bait more than anything else. Yes. And as I wrote above I don't expect anyone to get rich from it if done according to how I thought it would work. As for avoiding click bait, what blendle did was to offer refunds. I think they later reversed that policy, and I think that was the point I gave them up (also Linux magazines and other stuff I wanted to read never showed up). Still, for someone wanting to be running a decent company, not a unicorn factory I think there is a niche: I actively read very much, even from journalists I deeply disagree with, and I'd rather spend $2 extra a day on good writing than coffe (for instance).