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Either you're inventing reddit-but-each-upvote-is-worth-a-fraction-of-a-cent, or there is some sort of select professional board who is responsible for deciding
by sharkjacobs 3y ago
Either you're inventing reddit-but-each-upvote-is-worth-a-fraction-of-a-cent, or there is some sort of select professional board who is responsible for deciding what is "good content" on behalf of the public. Sort of like national public arts grants, or maybe public broadcasters like the BBC.
Right? Or are you imagining some third model
- sharkjacobs 3y agothe thing about "basic income" is that it's basic. It's unconditional. It's a an efficient way for a government to guarantee a minimum quality of life for its citizens. As soon as you tie it to producing "good content" or something, the whole thing becomes about meeting that criteria. Ad views are a gameable target. So are upvotes. So is board approval.
- SoftTalker 3y agoYep the whole thing would quickly devolve into arguments over what is good or whether some irrelevant personal idiosyncracy of the creator should prohibit him getting paid for his otherwise "good" content.
- keiferski 3y agoI’m imagining something like this: a rich guy who likes art takes a million dollars and makes an organization that funds people writing about art, paying them $1,000 a month. (Exact amounts don’t matter.) He sets up a list of values and rules that are broad enough to not be limiting and specific enough to get what he wants. He personally picks the first 100 people involved, and then all further decision making involves him + those 100 people + new entrants. The specific setup could be debated but the basic idea is just that the group funds things that match its values.
- drekipus 3y agoThis already happens, somewhat in richer circles. Frank Zappa has a quote about this very thing actually.
- saalweachter 3y agoYou've just invented a newspaper.
- keiferski 3y agoI don’t know why people are obsessed with this “you just invented” line. Ok; and? Then I’m suggesting a newspaper or a think tank or a nonprofit specifically aimed at creating better content online. How is the corporate form actually that relevant to the main idea? I also don’t think these are the same thing, because a newspaper is rarely explicitly not concerned with the market.