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How HN took it
2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Idea: 1 for, 5 againstPricing: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Creators could earn directly from readers, bypassing ad-based revenue
From 1 comment
As a competitor, this is exciting. Updn is effectively what valME.io [1] does (although valME has many more bells and whistles, doesn't require someone technical to install and…
command_line on HN
Paid voting raises the cost of vote manipulation and sockpuppetry
From 1 comment
valME is young, granted. That doesn't discount the idea. Yes, any content provider can throw money (via fake accounts, advertising, etc.) at their own content to increase…
command_line on HN
Objections
Paid votes let wealthy companies buy visibility and skew rankings
From 2 comments
You make sweeping claims like > Technologies like Updn and valME are about upending the entire revenue model for news, social media, blogs, forums, and search engines Yet this…
TheyCalledHimBo on HN> On sites like reddit and FB, it costs the content providers effectively nothing to manipulate votes. But that's offset by the sheer volume of people who can freely vote. If you…
walden42 on HN
Paying to upvote or comment could discourage casual participation
From 1 comment
Trolls may well be willing to pay to play, and corporations definitely will, but it seems to me that it might accidentally dampen attempts at casual or in-depth conversation. The…
krapp on HN
Spam and scam voting strategies would likely appear
From 2 comments
A system like this might encourage spam, as the more popular it becomes, the more it's worth the incentive for spammers to "participate." On the one hand, there's a lot about…
krapp on HNI have the feeling that it would become a cesspool of such and similar strategies.
ZirconCode on HN
Requests
Support Dogecoin as well as Bitcoin
From 1 comment
Seems like an interesting idea, but I think you would have been far better off supporting doge out of the box. The dogecoin community loves tipping. It's pretty much the only…
redthrowaway on HN
Make NSFW tag opt-in
From 1 comment
One solution: hide the nsfw tag by default, make it opt in like reddit.
hayksaakian on HN
Questions
How will spam be handled?
From 1 comment
How will you handle spam?
joelthelion on HN
How does this compare to the earlier Witcoin service?
From 1 comment
If anybody wants to see how this played out in 2010-2011, search for "Witcoin": https://www.google.com/search?q=witcoin At the peak it was a neat site, and some folks made a bit…
shazow on HN
Alternatives named
valME.io
From 1 comment
As a competitor, this is exciting. Updn is effectively what valME.io [1] does (although valME has many more bells and whistles, doesn't require someone technical to install and…
command_line on HN
Witcoin
From 1 comment
If anybody wants to see how this played out in 2010-2011, search for "Witcoin": https://www.google.com/search?q=witcoin At the peak it was a neat site, and some folks made a bit…
shazow on HN
Flattr
From 1 comment
See also https://flattr.com/
gpmcadam on HN