Satisfaction that comes from consuming the content is the payment that it gives to the consumer. It doesn't always have to be a monetary payment.
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Satisfaction that comes from consuming the content is the payment that it gives to the consumer. It doesn't always have to be a monetary payment.
Of course. Monetary payment comes only if the reader is voluntarily engaging in it, by commenting or upvoting. But right now if the reader wants to engage in something like that, the author doesn't get anything. And that lowers the value of the network, in total.