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10c is more expensive than local phone calls are in alot of countries. Not a bad idea though, could make alot of spamming unviable even with a small amount like 1c. What about if you "like" something, a portion of the fee goes to the original poster?

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"What about if you "like" something, a portion of the fee goes to the original poster?"

Maybe if the likes only got you store credit up to what you've put in but never for profit? If profit from likes was possible, we'd end up with tons of posts karma whores go for.

We will have multiple mechanisms for votes, likes, favorites, etc. May the best mechanism win :)

Spam is exactly why we turned on the 10¢ to post. Cleaned up the spam pretty well :)

We will allow subcommunities soon which will allow moderators to pick the cost to post. Low-income countries can use a very low value denominated in their local currency appropriate for those users.

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