What, a metrics-driven controversy/clickbait factory?
We'd be far better off with what Patreon is to creators, a system that gives people enough predictability of income that they can make a job of it.
On youtube this is done with advertising. I can't imagine people being happy with that embedded in open source software. People got upset enough about Ubuntu and the Firefox/Pocket deal.
> A Github that pays people based on the usage of their code might not be the easiest problem to solve
A github that charges people to use code is even harder; that sounds like instant suicide.