Think about it #[3]
Right now I have to remember to zap you, actively, whenever I see your posts (which means you are posting instead of working, which is not attaching the reward to the explicitly most valuable work you are providing). It requires constant consideration and action from my side.
A lightning split model, means you get paid small amounts for any good content you deliver to users even for days while I'm offline. I set up my appreciation/share model a single time, and then it rewards you indefinitely based on *everyone's* use of the platform.
It's obviously not perfect, and I'd be very curious if there is a way for relays to insert into an open slot of sorts, or maybe it specifically is established based on where the user posts FROM. (ie. I post on Damus app, split goes to Damus, I post from Iris.to, split goes to Iris, etc) so the feedback is direct based on your usage of any particular client.
I think this is a promising option that should be worked on, and I think its more important than simply making a subscription model (which is fine too, but is as basic and obvious as it gets)
- maybe the subscription model is all that's needed, but I think the tipping model has a far lower barrier to entry for new users, and could establish a "use for free zone" for onboarding that doesn't give new people a "Pay here to enter" while at the same time doesn't expand the network load massively while necessarily giving it away for free.
