That seems like it's going to put a HEAVY incentive on the echo chamber effect though.
If it costs me real money to have an opinion that runs contrary to the herd, I'm not going to spout my opinion regardless of whether that opinion is factual and accurate.
That whole thing seems dangerous to me for some reason that I can't pin down.
It would cost a tiny amount to state your opinion as an individual, but spamming an opinion would be more expensive. A problem is that deep pockets would allow you to fake wide support for a minority position, and that most of the money would just circle within an opinion group.
Ultimately I think we will come around to the idea of verified digital identities almost everywhere. You could still have an AI agent spam in your name (or pseudonym), but you could not pretend to be multiple people.
I can see politicians using the service as a propaganda channel, but they already do the same with free services, and this way at least it would cost them something.
It's not going to cost you real money to have a contrary opinion. Just 0.1cents. You just won't get that 0.1 cent back if it's contrary. I didn't see any -0.09 for down just +0.09 for up. Or you could make it net with 0 minimum.
If it costs me real money to have an opinion that runs contrary to the herd, I'm not going to spout my opinion regardless of whether that opinion is factual and accurate.
That whole thing seems dangerous to me for some reason that I can't pin down.