• One solution I would propose is to limit the quantity of tipping to, say, $5 or so to prevent an organization from giving a user an exorbitantly large tip in exchange for a promotion.

    Another model I've seen with moderate success is that of Reddit Gold. Users can "tip" each other with Gold and the Gold proceeds fund Reddit while giving gilded users certain perks.

  • Thank you for your solution, but that wouldn't really solve the problem of corporate sockpuppet accounts pretending to be individual accounts.

  • For me personally, it would take away from the community if the majority of posts were promoting, say, Starbucks.

    I would also not like using Imzy if people were incentivized to promote a certain opinion through monetary means, as it would cheapen real engagement and ideas.

  • Thank you for reading. My primary issue is that companies can tip themselves to promote content within Imzy, saturating the community with advertising. My secondary issue is that while there are people everywhere online getting paid to promote content, Imzy provides a direct route for recruiting regular users into promoting the content.