I read the docco but I still have a question, I set up counterwallet and added my address to my profile here, however, if I make a tip from my phone, is there some way to link that addresses to my profile too?
Also, for the really nice episodes I like to tweet or email my friends. I've heard about some sites that closely track these kinds of social network 'campaigns'. Any plans along those lines?
Cheers, Dan.
@faceface I read the docco but I still have a question, I set up counterwallet and added my address to my profile here, however, if I make a tip from my phone, is there some way to link that addresses to my profile too?
Also, for the really nice episodes I like to tweet or email my friends. I've heard about some sites that closely track these kinds of social network 'campaigns'. Any plans along those lines?
Cheers, Dan.
Hey Dan, We're continuing to build out the platform and expand its reach.
For tipping you'll be able to associate multiple addresses with your account where you tip from. For social we're looking at a few different ways to handle it, we do not want people to be encouraged to spam, we want to encourage them to actually bring in useful members so it's more likely we'll have a referral system where people who bring in new members earn a growing share of the "early adopter" pool.
We're still working out the details on the referral system, but it is on the roadmap and not far out. @cryptonaut starts work full time on the platform next week (he's been part time til this point)
@adam ... we want to encourage them to actually bring in useful members so it's more likely we'll have a referral system where people who bring in new members earn a growing share of the "early adopter" pool.
We're still working out the details on the referral system, but it is on the roadmap and not far out.
Referral systems are one of those things that actually works. Maybe because people are paid to do something they are already doing – speaking to friends about things that they like. I think there is potential in that.
If you paid people to tweet, I don't think you'd end up generating spam. Who'd follow someone who just constantly plugged ltb and nothing else? You could easily track how many impressions a given tweet generated and only pay per impression (or goal or whatever). Or with strictly diminishing returns you could benefit more organic use of that platform. The returns are low and the application niche... But yeah you've got to think about the 'gamers' ;-)
I really think this could be a powerful way to grow the network.
@faceface If you paid people to tweet, I don't think you'd end up generating spam. Who'd follow someone who just constantly plugged ltb and nothing else? You could easily track how many impressions a given tweet generated and only pay per impression (or goal or whatever). Or with strictly diminishing returns you could benefit more organic use of that platform. The returns are low and the application niche... But yeah you've got to think about the 'gamers' ;-)
I really think this could be a powerful way to grow the network.
We just want to incentivize results. The referral approach means that it doesnt matter how you get people interested, only that they are interested and become normal users of the site. So if you're most effective on twitter, tweet it out! We're going to make it so there is a bit of profit motive to having a referrer so it won't be hard to convince people to do it.
@faceface If you paid people to tweet, I don't think you'd end up generating spam. Who'd follow someone who just constantly plugged ltb and nothing else? You could easily track how many impressions a given tweet generated and only pay per impression (or goal or whatever). Or with strictly diminishing returns you could benefit more organic use of that platform. The returns are low and the application niche... But yeah you've got to think about the 'gamers' ;-)
I really think this could be a powerful way to grow the network.
We just want to incentivize results. The referral approach means that it doesnt matter how you get people interested, only that they are interested and become normal users of the site. So if you're most effective on twitter, tweet it out! We're going to make it so there is a bit of profit motive to having a referrer so it won't be hard to convince people to do it.
I don't see how tweeting makes me a referrer, i.e. if a follower signed up, how would you know from where?
Also, an LTB incentive to sign up is unlikely to attract a noob who just heard about an interesting story.
I'm not hating, I think LTB is awesome, I just think you could turn your audience into evangelists :-)
@faceface If you paid people to tweet, I don't think you'd end up generating spam. Who'd follow someone who just constantly plugged ltb and nothing else? You could easily track how many impressions a given tweet generated and only pay per impression (or goal or whatever). Or with strictly diminishing returns you could benefit more organic use of that platform. The returns are low and the application niche... But yeah you've got to think about the 'gamers' ;-)
I really think this could be a powerful way to grow the network.
We just want to incentivize results. The referral approach means that it doesnt matter how you get people interested, only that they are interested and become normal users of the site. So if you're most effective on twitter, tweet it out! We're going to make it so there is a bit of profit motive to having a referrer so it won't be hard to convince people to do it.
I don't see how tweeting makes me a referrer, i.e. if a follower signed up, how would you know from where?
Also, an LTB incentive to sign up is unlikely to attract a noob who just heard about an interesting story.
I'm not hating, I think LTB is awesome, I just think you could turn your audience into evangelists :-)
We will :)
And the incentive is for the evangelist to explain, sign up with me as your referrer and we both gain more than if you don't.
@faceface If you paid people to tweet, I don't think you'd end up generating spam.
I really think this could be a powerful way to grow the network.
We just want to incentivize results. The referral approach means that it doesnt matter how you get people interested, only that they are interested and become normal users of the site. So if you're most effective on twitter, tweet it out! We're going to make it so there is a bit of profit motive to having a referrer so it won't be hard to convince people to do it.
I don't see how tweeting makes me a referrer, i.e. if a follower signed up, how would you know from where?
I'm not hating, I think LTB is awesome, I just think you could turn your audience into evangelists :-)
We will :)
And the incentive is for the evangelist to explain, sign up with me as your referrer and we both gain more than if you don't.
Seems like you're setting the bar very high, and I'm not 100% sure of the reason.
Let me give you a concrete example. One of my brothers is in advertising and mobile application development, one is in finance (credit rating information systems) and two of my sisters are artists. I'm into crypto, but they aren't. When I listen to an interesting episode that touches on the interests of one or other of my sibs, very occasionally I like to email them a link to the episode, probably using an 'email' button on the page for the episode (i.e. track-ably). IMHO, this is the best way to get them interested in the space and it's possibilities, much more so than a pure crypto talk. They may click back and listen (track-able) or, as is usually the case, just ignore me ;-) If they listen, it's growing the network, because they may learn something, share something and possibly sign up if they like to comment. In the far distant future, they may even understand LTBCoin, it's potential and it's value. However, my goals in the short term are more realistic, i.e. open their eyes to the space and some cool ideas.
When we see each other, we generally don't have time to cover the basics (like, how are you doing?) let alone make time for an introduction to a new field of study ;-)
OK, I could sit them down and sign them up, but I'm really not so clear on how that grows the network, as they'll likely never do anything with their account again.
I guess my approach would be to set the bar low, i.e. try to get more people to listen to more shows. A tiny fraction of which would convert into active users (a tiny fraction of a lot being enough).
Perhaps I don't understand your approach properly, or perhaps we just disagree on the best way to grow the network. I'll try to learn more, and of course, LTB is your baby, so I'll bow to your opinion.
Cheers, Dan.
Hey Dan, Perhaps there are two systems here. My interest with the one I described is to grow the active participant community which is to say, people who not only consume content but sign up for an account and actually participate. Consuming content is one way you can participate but unless you're logged in, we can't actually reward you for it.
It sounds to me like what you're talking about are users who wouldnt really want to sign up and participate but might be interested in consuming a specific piece or chunk of content. My system does not reward you for this.
I watch the show every chance I get. AM I hearing right I may even be paid to listen now!? Well I assume if I contribute of course.
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