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Yeah true but why does there have to be a risk at all?
Because territory rent is how SN makes revenue and no cost territories would likely be very spammy, as others have noted.
How would they be spammy ? If SN gets rev from posts from all territories instead would that make up the difference
SN doesn't get revenue from posts. It only gets revenue from territory fees. That's the business model.
But if they did
You can always pitch k00b on a different business model. I haven't given the overall business model much thought.
I’m just playing devils advocate a bit here as well and not saying that the way I’m saying is the way or not just good to question things
I get it. With the current setup, they need territories to be costly. That doesn't mean there aren't other possible setups.
In general, SN also leans towards making things costly, because of a belief that it generates higher quality outcomes.
There's nothing stopping a secondary market for territories, if you just mean territory owners selling them to someone else.
While the cost may be high, you can find partners to go in on the territory with, like @realBitcoinDog and @IamSINGLE did, with ~HealthAndFitness. That reduces the downside risk for each party.