I think so. I do think it is territory specific though. Some territories like News should probably have low posting fees and be trying to get a lot of posts per day. Technically specific territories like security or territories like econ that attract longer form posts and discussion should probably have higher posting fees. 

They should all have a barrier for entry for bots and AI slop though. I wonder if we could figure out what that fee would be. 


grayruby

Does the Stacker News model of internet forum disincentivize AI slop?

Scoresby

I think you are on to something here. Sometimes it makes sense to zap a post or comment for reasons other than the content. 

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned posting fees yet. If we assume the slop appears for purely pecuniary reasons, higher posting fees should fix it. 