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I'm entertaining an idea of a discussion forum, where the user has to stake a non-insignificant amount of money, which gets slashed when they break the terms of
by michalf6 4y ago
I'm entertaining an idea of a discussion forum, where the user has to stake a non-insignificant amount of money, which gets slashed when they break the terms of service. The funds then go to site maintainance.
This would obviously create bad incentives for the site operators, but I judge that things wouldn't be too bad because of social reputation mechanisms.
- namaria 4y agoSo you want an internet where people rich enough can troll endlessly and those who can't afford fees are excluded?
- michalf6 4y agoI'm thinking: - high enough stake so that bot farms are not economically feasible because of mass slashing - low enough stake so that it's not punishing for anyone, but is _some_ effort to start posting - user can withdraw their stake at any point and suspend / close their account (it's not really a fee)
- namaria 4y agoI think you overestimate how many people in the world can back up their will to participate in discourse with disposable income. Or you underestimate how much people will be willing to automate moving some bucks to go around your scheme. Depends on how much you think would work. My point is, it wouldn't work because you get either scenario depending on going too high or too low.
- michalf6 4y agoI'm sure it would be niche. But in the age of LLMs things like anonymous imageboards cease to exist in the current form, and this could be a way keep them going and even improve standards of discussion.
- geraldhh 4y ago<s>non-insignificant</s> significant you're welcome
- michalf6 4y agoCorrect, though my intuition for the amounts was insignificant < non-insignificant < significant and I felt that better described what I was thinking :)