I was thinking we could create a site currency or "fun money" called Phuks Buks.
Here's the bullet points:
- You must purchase Phuks Buks with real money (like a donation)
- Phuks Buks cannot be exchanged for anything and is absolutely worthless
- The exchange rate of real money to Phuks Buks will be random (a random number generator will determine how many Phuks Buks you get regardless of donation size. Therefore eliminating any sort of link between money spent and Phuks Buks)
- How will you receive Phuks Bux? I don't know a badge, or something, or nothing.
Why? It's completely silly and pointless.
The inspiration for Phuks Bux: https://youtu.be/dErRj6V8_xQ
If we don't use actual money or crypto wallets for payouts to users, it could be like an addtional form of voting and pretty cheap to add. Say you get a phukbuck for making a post or buy them with paypal/CC, then you can use a few of those to gild posts you like. create a new sort that's just the gilded posts. Kinda like reading the best-of-phuks.
We've talked about incorporating money a few ways over the years. I'd really like to see a way to buy tokens then tip people for their posts. Part of the tip goes to phuks, like reddit, but unlike them, then user can cash out the rest. Unfortunately paying out money and crypto makes security costs go way up so it's kinda in limbo, comingsoontm