erinja:

Vestitor:

johmue:What might happen is that more people will learn Esperanto because there is interesting content. For more interesting content to be created it would be good if we were to find ways to support our content creators.

Exactly.

Yes, and as memorably noted by Kabe, "Esperanton plej necese devas lerni la Esperantistoj mem!" You need to learn the language before you can create content, so if you want to promote the language and create new content, you need to actually learn the language.

FWIW, I have created a number of original articles, in Esperanto, on various topics, and have put them online, made them downloadable, and put them all in the public domain. The address is: http://www.public-domain-materials.com/dosierujo-a...

VocabGuy:

Alkanadi:We were not talking about what is better. We were just talking about possibilities.

For me, Esperanto is merely a hobby at this point. Have I thought about making money with Esperanto? Yes, if I ever attain a state of fluency in the language. I've thought about writing things in Esperanto (or translating some of my English stuff) and possibly offering it for sale in print and/or electronic form. So yes, I can imagine myself trying to monetize Esperanto. But do I imagine making a profit at it? No, not really. As they say, "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst." I would not spend any money on the project that I couldn't afford to lose. Likewise, I would probably never invest serious money into someone else's Esperanto projects for the sake of profit. I can see making a donation to keep certain projects alive (like lernu!) but that's about it.

I have nothing against capitalism, but I don't think we can count on capitalism alone to keep Esperanto thriving. I'm sure I don't need to say it, but some things in life just aren't about the money. I'd imagine the average Esperantisto has made peace with that long ago.

Don’t forget the concept of “Ramen Profitable”.

mkj1887:Don’t forget the concept of “Ramen Profitable”.

It's just another route (or not if it fails) to the same thing. The aim, whether you have a trillion dollar investment or three dollars, is to be a legitimate player. Other companies want you to go out of business, and it will happen without some actual firepower. That's the nature of capitalism, it's always a war, never cooperation for the good of something.

It's astonishing the things people will dream up to give the same old thing a new spin. "Ramen Profitable" indeed, even the names of these capers are stupid.

Why am I posting the Following?

It has to do with the "Bankless" having access to a point system as Digital Tokens, in Esperanto, then maybe thier native language.

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Remember the Specimilo, and the Stelo... to keep it in context, Samideonoj have been wanting a "Currency" for this very reson

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Vestitor:

mkj1887:Don’t forget the concept of “Ramen Profitable”.

it's always a war, never cooperation for the good of something.

Not so. Never heard about the concept of the “Purple Ocean Strategy”?

It's one among many. A lot of people struggle to differentiate between what people propose and what actually happens. There are nice proposals for so many things that unfortunately, routinely fail to materialise.