Pinterest, but you get paid to use it.
Ok, so we'll be straight with you.
Right now, we're a little over talking about market fluctuations and minor protocol updates.
Don't get us wrong - we love that sort of stuff - but like all things, we love it in moderation.
We want to balance the scales and start today's edition with something exciting and sugary.
Something that'll have your minds racing with ideas.
...and we think we may have just found it.
CurateDAO have just launched a platform that pays users to curate content.
(Think Pinterest, but you get paid to use it).
Here's how it works:
Curator's start a database (think of this like a Pinterest board) and set the theme. It could be interior design, muscle cars, mid-century art - whatever.
Then 'Scouts' go and collect/submit content that fits the theme, to the database.
Anyone that wants to view this curated content can watch ads to access it, or pay to browse ad-free.
The revenue generated by these views is then split between the Curator that started the database, the scouts who submitted the content, and the CurateDAO network.
Here's why we LOVE this idea:
In a roundabout way, this is very similar to how most Web2 social media networks operate - users generate/curate content, and ads are woven amongst the feed.
The key difference with this model is that content scouts & curators are now incentivized with money instead of likes.
And sure, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube all have revenue share schemes of some sort; but the only platform that pays a fair and consistent split is YouTube.
And even then, the splits are way more favorable to those doing the lion's share of work on the CurateDAO network:
YouTube (Creators 55%, YouTube 45%)
CurateDAO (Scouts 70%, Curators 20%, CurateDAO 10%)
The one thing that could be said to be lacking on the CurateDAO platform, is a share of revenue for the viewer.
Paying out viewers could really throw gasoline on the 'incentive fire.'
But hey, we'll take it either way.