Hi sir or whoever own this scribblehub,
Can you please, please let scribble have a currency of its own? And let everyone own the currency either by buying with real money or earn it by doing something exceptional.
Please make this currency as valuable as real money.
Lets call this credit.
Everyone can use this credit to give author appreciation for their works, well, it should be its main use. Let's think about other usage, if think this idea makes sense. And let this credit can be withdrawn to real currency also.
P.S
I recommend block chain
First things first, welcome to Scribbly~
Secondly, the owner/admin/programmer (yes, he is all 3) of Scribbly is
@Tony.
That aside, while I understand where you're coming from, I think it's honestly not worth the effort. Like... Having a built-in payment system that doesn't involve 3rd parties does have its upsides... For the users.
For Tony it would probably be a pretty big headache, directly dealing with people's money probably has a lot of legal complications he'd first need to take care of... It's usually easier (and safer) to rely on 3rd parties that handle all the legal side of those things.
Also, I don't even know if it would be that worth it... Paypal, Ko-Fi and Patreon are all well-known programs that people have used for a long time now to support their authors, I don't think the difference of having a built-in payment system would be that significant... If anything, I think it would be good only if Tony actually wanted to take a share of the support the authors get, but I don't believe he wants that, I think he is fine with just earning from ad revenue.
So... I don't think your suggestion will happen~
I actually really like Patreon but I can also see how a site having an in-built function to pay authors can be a good thing. Let's just not compare this to webnovel (because the hate is real). Let's compare this to Tapas instead: Readers can earn ink (their currency) by doing missions (like watching video ads, answering surveys, playing demos, ...) and then gift it to authors. They can also buy but they don't need to (there are a few premium series but not that many and many unlock by themselves or, well, people can easily earn enough ink to unlock). Even free readers can support authors that way. So I'd say it's a good thing for both sites.
But: Tapas is a business. Scribble Hub isn't, as far as I'm aware, it's just a person running a site for something they like. And as easy as it sounds to implement a pay system, this type of thing normally comes with problems. Like, I don't know where that person lives but if money flows, there'll be tax stuff to consider, licenses, laws ... a lot of stuff that might be nothing but a headache for them.
That isn't really something I'd like to do to somebody who has been very supportive of any kind of issue the authors and/or readers approached them about. If they also got something out of this, well, great, I'd be in. But if not, I'd say it's not worth it.
Regarding that, Scribbly is a business actually. Like... Sure, atm it's not being monetized and has no ads and stuff, but that WILL change in the future, it's not an if, it's a when.
Tony has a lot of faith in the potential of Scribbly and firmly believes it can grow bigger than NU. And he makes his living from NU, so... It's definitely a business.
That doesn't mean it can't be a wonderful place made for the readers and authors though, but I think it's important to know that the site was created with the intent of profiting him as well as being a good platform for writers and readers alike~
Like, there are no legal details whatsoever. There's only an email address you can contact and that's it. That would be grounds for a massive lawsuit over here.
