#value4value must overcome human greed in order to work. Can it?
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I think it’s naive. Most people won’t pay for something that they don’t have to. I guess the question is will enough people pay to make whatever it is sustainable.
It will. The greed simply strengthens the resolve of v4v.
Already has for nearly 2 decades 😁
The beauty of v4v is it works on an individual and organic level. There are many who will try v4v, fail, and blame the model...but any failure to implement v4v is a failure on the implementation side.
I woke up cynical today 😂 My more negative than usual guess would be that a few wildly succeed at it while many flounder and fail.
Maybe that's just the natural outcome of things. Idk. It seems to be a pattern that appears, though, whether talking about V4V or not. Some people do really well, some people never succeed, and the rest fall somewhere in the middle. And I don't think there's a perfectly "copyable" formula for having great success. Seems to be a combination of talent, opportunity, timing and execution, grit/dedication/resolve, consistency. I think there are qualities that some people possess beyond the raw talent that causes them to be more successful than others.
Spot on. Beyond that, the psychology of giving gets deeply personal without all the abstractions in between too so we'll probably see some hyperfame where it doesn't really seem like it should fit, y'know
I don't agree that it must overcome human greed. This will probably always exist, although it will be significantly less prevalent on a harder money standard.
As long as v4v is fully consensual it will work as intended. Some will never provide any value nor return it, but some will make and return shitloads more than the average person, and anything in between those two types.
Probably averages' out
I'm greedy enough to want a life without ads or my data being sold. That's why i zap the fuck outta people
We are giving it a shot this year w/ our farm business. Giving up a ‘traditional’ business model to go V4V. If it works well do it again next season, if not we probably go bankrupt 🤷♀️
It always has, and it always will
I don't think so.
Value for value relies on the subjective nature of value. It requires trust & long term relationships to be established. It's a different set of incentives when you value the long term relationship with your vendor.
It's the only way to transition away from zero sum gain transactions to mutually beneficial relationships.
I am more bullish on meatspace value for value exchanges than online ones though.