Certainly would not hurt to at least try this approach! Apparently the gaming industry is bigger than like all sports combined, so i think you’re onto something here by taking some notes from them

If it helped fund ACTUAL development , I'd prob buy something like that. Nostr needs a game maybe ? Like , the way Facebook had Candy Crush and Farmville. Then use the proceeds to fund Nostr development?

Being able to have a song start playing when people go to your profile old school MySpace style would be cool too! I’m hesitant to suggest this, but clients could offer an explore-like page where paying subscribers get featured, or where you can feature a post per month or something. Also some sor...

Skin of the month 😆

Purchasing visibility… that’s advertisement. This form of advertisement would appeal to value signaling crowds.

I've spent so much money on skins for my kids it's insane.

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s / Damus did this with zap match with a star. Depending upon the color of your star by your name was decided on what % you were matching every zap to donate. Apple hoodwinked that feature like the “think different” 🤡 they h...

This is a significant part of Discord's business model, as far as I can tell.

Seems like a good spam prevetion/verification method as well

Sort of like the blue check, but actually earned