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Yeah, "motivation crowding" is an interesting problem. I think the lightness of TJ helps that a bit, and for our site, it's an opt-in process so they have to be that sort of person if they want that.

I think you see more confusion in the revenue-sharing models. When you bill it as "We'll pay you for content!" then it really puts people into a mindset of $$$ which can effect how much they want to contribute in their spare time.

I think there's a good chance that won't happen in this model when you say "Hey, you can let people tip you a dime for this content if you want."

Still, I'm interested to see how well our community enjoys it.




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