Comment by darkwater

> If someone wants me to ingest something novel from far outside my network, one way to gain reputation might be to pay a microtransaction fee.

Nice in theory. In practice spammers will plant malware to steal microtransaction money from random people and push paid content down your throat for almost nothing. When you propose a novel model that will fix all the current problems, the first thing you need to think is how a bad actor would exploit it.