If you look at the splits from income, moderation is handled separately. It is a fair chunk of the pie. Staffing becomes essential after a certain size. The owner salary is handled separately in the splits, but maintainence staff would need to come from the infrastructure portion of the budget. Sales staff and marketing staff have their own budget.
Usage based micropayments were not considered. Tiers yes. Simply because the content creator stands to win more from the model.
I am not saying that this model would work, but for sure a V4V approach will not.
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A wise woman once said “math is hard”.
Content creators don’t want to pay to post, but will take a 40% platform cut on all of their earnings with a smile from ear to ear.
And let’s not forget to learn from previous mistakes: LBRY/Odysee provides a single click, mirroring service from YouTube for the low, low price of free. Few creators bothered clicking the button, why is that? Could it be the lack of financial return? Lack of algorithm to push their content? Lack of users? Bumpy launch? People scared of the questionable free speech featured on the home page? Bad UI/UX? Etc.