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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advogato tried something pretty similar and ultimately died.

Arguably Twitter with non-algorithmic timeline and a bit of judicious blocking worked really well for this, but even that's on the way out now.

> Any time you publish anything, you're signing that publication with a key that only you hold.

People could in theory have done this at any time in the PGP era, but never bothered. I'm not convinced the incentives work, especially once you bring money in.



An actor with a monetary incentive will always aim towards maximizing their financial outcome.

Who wouldn't?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect

If you're writing for the joy of writing (intrinsic motivation) and then start getting paid for it (attaching an extrinsic motivation to it) the original "for the joy of X" tends to get lost.

It isn't a "who wouldn't" but rather a "why would you".


This is because creativity comes from a state of mind that is difficult to force, just as with sleep.


Assuming that was a rhetorical question, but since there is a whole "homo economicus" theory of mind out there I'll answer anyway; An actor with other incentives beyond just monetary ones, like physical, social, or philosophical incentives.




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