Comments on: Micro-Payments vs. Crowd Funding http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/micro-payments-vs-crowd-funding Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Rhetoric of Journalism – Defining and Re-Defining What We Do. « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not a Product http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/micro-payments-vs-crowd-funding/comment-page-1#comment-58499 The Rhetoric of Journalism – Defining and Re-Defining What We Do. « DigiDave – Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:47:24 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2272#comment-58499 [...] load is spread out. It is a new business model. Nothing else about the journalism changes. It is contrasted with micro-payments which are related but distinct because there is transparency and control about where the money [...] [...] load is spread out. It is a new business model. Nothing else about the journalism changes. It is contrasted with micro-payments which are related but distinct because there is transparency and control about where the money [...]

]]> By: Matt Terenzio http://blog.digidave.org/2010/01/micro-payments-vs-crowd-funding/comment-page-1#comment-55639 Matt Terenzio Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:06:08 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=2272#comment-55639 That's a good point about transparency and I also think it's a good thing. But I don't think $10 is a micropayment. That could be a monthly subscription price. A micropayment needs to feels like I'm paying my fair share for just what I'm taking. Unless you look at it this way. The $10 benefactor is paying the micropayment for the thousands of people that will read it for free. That’s a good point about transparency and I also think it’s a good thing.

But I don’t think $10 is a micropayment. That could be a monthly subscription price. A micropayment needs to feels like I’m paying my fair share for just what I’m taking.

Unless you look at it this way. The $10 benefactor is paying the micropayment for the thousands of people that will read it for free.

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