Focusing on upvotes could be relatively meaningless due to bots. You see some posts get 40 bot votes within the first minute and others not so much. Money on the other hand, well... that can't be faked.
I like the way you approach it in general though, it's refreshing.
Thank you. I didn't though about the bots. Good point.
@dudutaulois I wouldn't stress the upvote bots. They all run the same code we're all getting the same number of upvotes from them. Nice work though!
@alexgr Weight a post with money, but only show upvotes?
It could be an option... obviously some people would start wondering "why does this rank higher with less votes?"...
Well then they would know that it's money but they don't have to see how much money and if they can't see it, they can't feel jealous about it.
Yep... however I wouldn't bet against the platform managers actually wanting to display amounts in order to increase platform attractiveness and success story narratives...