Posts could allow 'pay to comment" option to limit spam

[dragosroua]

When posting, there are 3 options related to how a post manages payment: 50%/50% payment, decline payment, or 100% SP.

I suggest the introduction of a new option: "minimum comment fee". If author chooses that, then commenting will incur a minimum fee (0.1 STEEM) or a custom one, as high as the author wants, set only for that post. If author chooses this option (which may be combined with any of the 3 above) then commenters won't be able to comment unless they pay that fee.

The comment fee may go to various places and, if this suggestion gets traction, I suggest a poll to crowdsource ideas. A few suggestions:

• comment fee goes to Steemit fund dedicated to the creation of new accounts (hence supporting the growth of the platform)
• comment fee goes to author 100% (as a form of tipping)
• comment fee is split between author and all commenters, on top of curation rewards

The rationale behind this suggestion is that many low-quality, irrelevant or spammy comments won't be posted at all, with a positive impact on the blockchain size and overall members experience.

LE: many interesting ideas and positions (both pro and con) int this post: https://steemit.com/steemit/@dragosroua/steem-enhancement-suggestion-posts-could-allow-a-minimum-comment-fee-in-order-to-limit-spam

[steevc]

This might put off new users who don't feel they have enough funds to participate. I favour limits on number of comments for lower reputation accounts. If they get flagged for spam then it may decrease to one a day and they would have to make some good comments to recover.

[dragosroua]

This feature is optional, you can simply choose not to have your posts this way. Reputation is very easy to bypass, you can just post via cli_wallet.

In my opinion, besides lowering spam, it will also give STEEM some real economical value. For instance, if an advertiser wants to be featured on a post, there will be a fee for that.