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> 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 (requ

• 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).