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... here's a weird thought. Could you have a free and paid tier split based on overall traffic, but pass the paid tier cost onto the user? ie, when the quota is reached (say an article trends on HN surprisingly), the comment box pops up a paywall, but any user can foot the bill, and then everyone else gains the benefit, including the site owner?

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No, no pay walls. No.

You sound like me with every product i try to build.

This idea of anyone can pay is actually really compelling for a service like this.

Not just giving a boost to small passion projects, but I’m thinking about stuff that’s abandoned by the creators for whatever reason. Community could simply keep things going in their absence and that is interesting.

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