Personally, if i signed up, i would not be interested in getting payouts. I'd have to declare them on my tax return, and it's just not worth it for such small amounts. So a checkbox to donate any payouts to a charity (the EFF, perhaps?) would be great.
>>twic+(OP)
A really great idea. Love that as well. I've also considered adding a threshold for payouts (i.e. $50 withdrawal minimum) to help with the reporting aspects.
>>jjcm+Cf
Are you dead set on paying out directly? Internet communities always get worse when there's money involved. It will be a constant fight between moderation and clickbait. People will make it their job to game the system. You could, instead, have votes go toward paying a user's subscription fee instead of cash.
>>twic+(OP)
How about doing this _instead_ of paying out to the creators? When you sign up, you choose which charity should get the payouts for your created content?
Maybe start with a searchable list of well-known charities, let users propose new as the site grows.
I think that might stem a lot of the potential abuse of the system to earn money, and it gives users a good feeling.
>>twic+(OP)
Earning money from this site doesn't particularly interest me. Raising money for charities, and using that as a fun bragging metric to friends totally does. If you want the community to have a great vibe to it, seeing top level users who have donated thousands to charities is a great way to start that. It's a bit hard to troll the community when your raising money for sick kids at the same time.