Fantastic idea, money being involved in democracy has always worked out to benefit the average person.

Fuck the poors, they should have no voice in our community. What, you can’t afford the price of a cup-a-coffee? Begon.

First vote afterwards? This is now a paid instance. I don’t even want to see those plebs.

True democracy. Only land owners paying members^tm can vote

aye

Nay…optional donate to vote. I will be donating, but not everyone who deserves a vote will necessarily be.

Nay, paywalled democracy isn’t democracy.

Nay, this idea is fundamentally against the values of this instance.

Nay, This essentially turns this instance into an oligarchy. I don’t think other instances are going to appreciate this type of governance either.

Also, nothing stops trolls and bad actors from donating the bare minimum a thousand times to get a thousand voices. This would mean a high minimum investment should be required, which further hurts the common user.

I believe that a shitty/troll opinion has an artificial majority, the real users will catch on and act accordingly, however we still have to see an example of this.

I’m also certain that privacy people would rather not risk money transfers, cash or whatever (crypto is a whole other discussion).

In short, I think requiring payment, or proof of identity, or any other de-anonymizing measures would hurt discussion by excluding genuine users, even if it allows more trolls that would be ignored/dealt with by genuine users.

Nay, I feel there has to be some better way to go about it than paywalling it. Maybe based on account age and contribution.

Nay

I don’t want to associate my account with my money, and enforcing this would require that. I prefer to donate anonymously.

Nay - no paywalls. This server should survive because its a nice place, not because people pay money to have a day in its operation.

Nay

Also wtf

The best way to ensure that democracy doesn’t spiral into Haiti