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243 sats \ 9 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 16 Jul \ on: Pay to post fixes AI slop AI
So the real question is: what is stopping the rest of the internet from moving towards pay to post?
  1. Too hard with traditional methods
  2. People like to remain anonymous on the internet so they can be mean without accountability
  3. People are too used to posting being free (being the product)
  4. Probably others
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152 sats \ 3 replies \ @Wumbo 16 Jul
Personally I would put them in this order (most likely to least):
  • People are too used to posting being free (being the product)
  • Probably others - "All My friends use this other service"
  • Too hard with traditional methods
  • People like to remain anonymous on the internet so they can be mean without accountability
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152 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jul
I'd add two more:
  • So much of the internet is built on metrics meant to make you look attractive to advertisers. Most companies will always prioritize the metrics over real engagement, so until the metrics are able to reliably slash AI slop, there's little incentive to do anything about it.
  • Some users may not care if their engagement is coming from AI or real people, as long as they get engagement. I think Zuckerberg said something to this effect... like I can easily see how people get endorphins from AI likes and AI retweets, even if they know it's AI
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Jul
I agree with your second point for sure. Slop isn't about the people who read/view it; it's about the people who post it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 16 Jul
Ah yes, I didn't intend for mine to be in any particular order, just the order that I thought of them.
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152 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 16 Jul
  1. People are too used to posting being free (being the product)
💯, I also think we’re at a point where people are the algorithm. Paying to post isn’t cool, and it’s gonna turn a lot of people off. I don’t think companies want that.
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83 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby OP 16 Jul
1, Too hard with traditional methods
Yes, but the people are already pretty used to paying for tokens or compute with agents. Why not pay for tokens to post?
  1. People like to remain anonymous on the internet
You can pay to post without giving your identity.
  1. People are too used to posting being free
This is a tough one. I agree that it's one of the main hangups.
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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 16 Jul
I mean with TradFi, it's hard to pay without KYC. Most people (I think) pay using credit cards, which are inherently KYC.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 16 Jul
Yes, but if there was interest such problems could be solved: gift cards might do it. Also, we all are pretty privacy conscious. I don't think the main chunk of the internet is.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 16 Jul
I think you're probably right about that. I suspect people will be mean even if they've been KYC'd, because the internet still presents a false sense of security because you're behind a screen and not shit-talking someone to their face.
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