If you could setup a zap pay wall on Nostr to access content like these articles what would you deem fair as a ball park figure for per article access like the article here? Denominated in sats 😁
“Wikileaks coined the term, ‘Intelligence agency of the people,’” says Stella Assange, Julian’s wife. “Bellingcat went with for the people.”
More: https://www.racket.news/p/the-press-is-now-also-the-police
Discussion
will happily pay for your articles on here via sats matt 💜
I mean, I’d make it a tiny fee. The only reason this one is paywalled is because I have a lot of free stuff upcoming. In general the paywall system is clunky. For people like me it’s a net plus, but I don’t like that I have to limit how many people read some things, and obviously readers don’t like that either.
That’s actually the whole appeal of lightning, is making it affordable (with little or no fees) for a lot of us to chip in for your work. This is the right platform, we just gotta get the infrastructure finished.
It’ll be great to support your work 500 sats at a time, personally. It’ll add up with readership.
Instant, frictionless transaction.
The paywalls dream
That’s fair. It’ll be interesting to watch how “Value 4 Value” plays out for independent journalism on here. I think it’ll be huge.
I sent a DM Matthew. One last effort on considering our offer to join our Nostr Nest live show this Friday.
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Consider republishing paywalled articles here via habla. Only nostr folks will see it and do an experiment to see how well we tip! ❤️😀
I've been a subscriber to your substack for a couple years. I’m happy to support your fighting the good fight and doing real journalism. Also more a supporter of protocol over platform and so very grateful to be able to keep up with what you are doing via nostr rather than twitter or substack's yet-another-new-social-platform.
I don't think independent journos are going to break through until someone like Substack can let non wealthy people create a stable of journos they like and give 10 of their work for 10 bucks a month. Idea being Substack brings in 10 or 100 million new low-paying subscribers and they sort their news for $10/month tops. People like you and Glen etc are rare exceptions who can find that audience based on previous hard work. But the 10 journos at 10 bucks model is perfect for 5 up-and-coming journos bundled in with a couple of you and Glens. ok ok, this is starting to sound like subprime mortgage lending, but I think it makes sense to most people who aren't on NY/Silicon Valley wages. (Love your work, god speed)
Zaps for unlocking posts would be awesome. So much better than a monthly subscription
Plus, the sats would all go to the content producer, not split with the intermediary.
I’d pay a small fee for something of interest from a trusted source.
Depends on the article... It should be configurable on an article-by-article basis.