Hrm, ok.

Yea, but it's still a valuable feedback mechanism in a WoT scenario, for example.

Agree that it doesn't signal whether the content has a specific monetary value to the reader. But anecdotally (for what that's worth) I (have observed that others) don't assign a monetary value to things that make them laugh, for example. It could be a hangover from the current cultural paradigm, where content is assumed to be free, but I think it might be a little more complicated than that. I think people may get value from content and not even realise they have. And that is different to reading a piece of content, learning something new, and making that connection between the content and the value in it.

Anyway, I see where you're going. It'll be an interesting experiment I guess.