It might also provide motivation to work on a less ambitious form of my Propinquity Cities, which can pretty much be paraphrased as a matchmaking system/placement solver for grouphouses.
Startup Pitch: Grouphouse/intentional community matchmaking system where registration is free and payment is… hmmm, either:
pro-bono (you pay after receiving (and accepting) a match).
I get the impression that no formal agreements would be needed: You use your real name, the site owners know who you are, they will hear about it if you use the service’s advice to form a grouphouse according to it (and you’re supposed to tell them). If you decline to pay, they may exclude you from the service in future, and you will generally have a recurring need for the service so you’ll want to pay, and that will become the norm in your community. And I guess if you decline to pay but then you become more mature and decide you need the service after all you can just pay then + a small late fee and all can be forgiven.
first use is free
Worried this might establish a habit of not paying though. Please normalize paying for things. I’m starting to read norms of not paying literally anything for the software we use every day is a pathological culture of ingratitude (or unfortunate transaction costs).
These are actually pretty much equivalent, so maybe it could be presented as sorta kinda both. First use is technically free but it is “good” to pay sooner rather than later and if you do there’s an “early payment bonus discount”.
Startup Pitch: Grouphouse/intentional community matchmaking system where registration is free and payment is… hmmm, either:
pro-bono (you pay after receiving (and accepting) a match).
I get the impression that no formal agreements would be needed: You use your real name, the site owners know who you are, they will hear about it if you use the service’s advice to form a grouphouse according to it (and you’re supposed to tell them). If you decline to pay, they may exclude you from the service in future, and you will generally have a recurring need for the service so you’ll want to pay, and that will become the norm in your community. And I guess if you decline to pay but then you become more mature and decide you need the service after all you can just pay then + a small late fee and all can be forgiven.
first use is free
Worried this might establish a habit of not paying though. Please normalize paying for things. I’m starting to read norms of not paying literally anything for the software we use every day is a pathological culture of ingratitude (or unfortunate transaction costs).
These are actually pretty much equivalent, so maybe it could be presented as sorta kinda both. First use is technically free but it is “good” to pay sooner rather than later and if you do there’s an “early payment bonus discount”.