[DanielBMarkham]

Agreed.

People forget, we half-stumbled into this ad supported content idea. The only thing keeping it that way is inertia. I think we've finally started to feel the limits -- it means being tracked 24-7.

Enough already. We can do better than this.

[Alupis]

Are you doing anything about it? I mean, personally, I listen to about a half dozen podcasts, but haven't signed up for any of their monthly "donations" (most have re-occurring payments from paypal or amazon to help support the network/show). I do occasionally click through one of their product endorsements based on their review (often tagged with amazon affiliate links), so that is a small part.

[JimmyM]

I'd be interested in a "Kickstarter for articles" sort of site. Interesting article pitches presented to an audience, those that are most useful, interesting or unique are funded and writers get paid slightly more directly for their work.

The difficulty would be determining whether to cut off certain types of content from the site, and where the line gets drawn on extreme material.

[DanBC]

A bit like ProPublica?

http://www.propublica.org

[JimmyM]

Very like that, or at least working towards the same outcome, thank you. I will certainly try to make a donation over the next few days.