Czar wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:43 am
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Cons:
1. As you know we have a lot of music enthusiasts and this might be de-motivational for them and make them feel bad - the fact that we actually commercialize their efforts (biggest concern)
2. Will need more moderating resources as more users will try to cheat
3. Not all users have Paypal and will be hard to make pay-outs. Might integrate other methods once we know what users have.
I would have phrased a few things differently, but i don't want to be nitpicking.
So yes, your summary is correct.
I just would like to say something about the Cons. Sorry in advance for the amout of text.
Regarding point 1:
I don't want to deny that there might be people who would feel offended by such a system, but actually the commercialization of their efforts is already present, as their efforts already lead to income by ads and premium purchases.
So by adding this system, their efforts would technically even be less commercialized as they could participate in the profits.
But maybe that's just my point of view.
Regarding point 2:
I actually tend to disagree here, cause in my eyes it's a question of how the system would be implemented.
There's already a sort of "dislike button" in the discussion for samples that are not named correctly.
The only way of cheating i currently see would be, to post a sample that's highly rare but very attractive, to attract a lot of people to spend coins on it and then name it wrong with a second account to just get the reward.
Usually payout systems therefore add a payout-delay to rewards (like a month or so) before you can request the payout.
This would give other users plenty of time to "dislike" incorrectly named samples.
Also a dislike could automatically lead to put a hold on the reward for that sample until a mod looked into it.
Means, it would only turn into a bit of frustration when some people get their rewards delayed because of a dislike, but the danger of paying out true money by mistake, would be very minimal and you wouldn't even need more mods, cause the current mods could have a look into it whenever they have time.
Ragarding point 3:
As i mentioned in another post, the payout could also come in form of a "voucher for a big online store that doesn't need to be named here".
But yes, i can see that potentially a certain amount of people might not be able to get their payout.
Question that might need to be discussed is (if this whole idea actually gets somewhere), if those people can't be payed out differently, by maybe getting "free premium hours" for their samples or to use their coins for the $15,99 no adds donation.
But that's just an idea, i do not dare to predict in any way how that might affect your current business modell.