I figured, but I was referring to long-term ideas for HPS, like asking for a percentage on posts, etc. Anything except adding ads.
Asking for funding is not the same thing as finding ways to generate funding.😀
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I don't know what "finding bootstrap funding" means!
It means that the platform earns enough profit to fund itself and development indefinitely all on its own.
Ah, I see. Well, Hive.io is not compatible with the for-profit model because it's just a front for the Hive blockchain. The only possibility I see is if it allows paid registrations to the Steem blockchain, but free registrations are being developed, sooo, I don't see a way. Do you have any ideas on how there could be self-funding profit from the website?
Sure, first a voluntary donation selection with a percentage slider in the article formatter like how you can select your payout %, would probably earn quite a bit. I'd accept both Steem and Hive at first.
The other option would be to take a percentage of each article that's not voluntarty, like Busy and Dtube do.
I think these two are the most feasible to start right off, but of course prefer voluntary donation over a manditory fee.
Then we'd have to see how much it brings in and add more options if not enough.