Getmash currently is working on this.

Way back in 2020 we attempted this with Satotious(now defunct). It was a paywall which would let the users choose between viewing an ad or paying with lightning. The issues we hit were:

1. Lightning was super new back then, no easy on/off ramps. -- better now with big exchanges doing lightning (kraken, binance)
2. My assumption was that users may not want to pay for things, actually they were cool with paying and it was the publishers who didn't want Bitcoin.
3. Big publishers who use paywalls( like wsj, New York times etc) are really conservative. Adding a pay per article might reduce their membership numbers.
4. Big publishers who relied on ads were scared of losing users if they added a paywall.
5. Small/new publishers(think hobbyist blog) were trying to grow into big publishers, adding a paywall was too much user friction for too little benefit (they might earn a small amount but would not get many users and grow)

I still think micro payments is way better than ads(in a way ads are micropayments). Hopefully with more lightning adoption, we will have a web with less ads and tracking!

@k00b @kr @ek I got notified saying that ~culture and ~AI had been transferred to me. I've just checked and they haven't, but it did highlight a potential problem. If someone transfers you a territory should there be an accept or reject option on that, if you reject it goes to archived? Just to prevent anyone from accidentally getting billed for territories that have been erroneously assigned to them.

I used to but then I stopped. Now I wear more subtle things for lower op sec like a fold card t-shirt or the stuff slush pool puts out. Only purists will know I’m a low key bitcoiner

Elon stole my Twitter handle and all I got was this stupid t-shirt.

Nancy Pelosi's net worth is $114,662,521

Her salary is $223,500 per year.

Fun times.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/15/article-2003954-0C75607500000578-285_468x372.jpg

I'm attempting to become more out of touch with those demos

Congrats to @TNStacker. Winner of the Meme Monday 10k sats bounty with this meme:
https://m.stacker.news/41265

Like the question. My 2 sats are:

• Ads will exist, but their influence will be much less in future.
• If people have less disposable income to spend, the ads will become prohibitively expensive.
• Not to mention tracking is proving more challenging given big tech is limiting micro-targeting.
• Also, I wonder if we all in 10 years were to have a personal AI, why do you need adverts? When it knows what you want and will buy/recommend the things you need and want. They will know us better than ourselves.
• I feel like we've been living in an advertising bubble these last 10 years. The internet experience has got so out of whack on a user experience level, with clickbait titles, free returns, fast-fashion, privacy popups and the like. It's not going to sustain itself. It's too distorted.
• Value on all fronts is making a comeback. We'll all be supporting each other much more within our communities I expect.
• Just look at SN flourishing today. It's a model that has traction & growth. Ads will exist but instead of being 80-90% of revenue for content creators, I believe it will be back to 15-20%. Creators are going to need to hustle again and that's the way it should be if we want a productive society.

I also zap almost every response I receive so I can understand your apprehension in how kilo zapping might affect the way you interact with people. Might be a good idea to maintain a base level "hey thanks for commenting" zap and use the kilo zap for the most thoughtful posts, comments, etc.