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It seems to me that those posting pictures add value to the site and those viewing pictures receive value from the site.

Each photo posted should credit the account. Each 'like' should credit the account as should each view.

The credits can be drawn from those viewing who are spending their credits to view and like.

Credits can be purchased for money using the subscriptions.

The values for each can be tweaked for best results.

The idea is then that those who provide the site with it's value, the people posting the photos that others want to see can get to use the site for free or even make a bit of money.

I think this is something like how Steemit works.

Any suggested improvements on this basic idea?

I did not know there was such a thing as a porn licence.

A very simple tweak would be to boost the message count of those with popular content. Those people often have a lot of people to respond to.

A way to do that would make replies free of charge, not affecting message count.

I'm a net consumer of the site rather than a contributor. Contributors getting some breaks would encourage more contribution and maybe encourage more consumers to pay money.

Not having your messages replied to does hurt a little. Obviously people get accustomed to that online but then that all adds up to it being a cold place where people scam you and let you down.

We have all experienced these feelings at some time online.

StarSmoke, I'm not entirely clear why you don't bother using the message system at all. Is it because you just get 5 a day? In which case my idea that content creators could be awarded more messages as if they had paid for them could work.

I way of showing that a person is real is a good idea Gingerbeard but I don't think actual ID is a good idea. After a while it becomes obvious who the scammers are. There should be a way other members can award good people and maybe put a question mark against the baddies. Simply seeing the length of time they have been members is already helping me. I could improve my own standing by posting pictures but I don't wish to be that visible.

I agree with Star on her suggestions with a symbol for actual enuine users like a identifying marks on profiles for genuine users and a preview of messages before opening them burning the very limited 5 view a day use. I would've put maybe a karma system like good and bad points but that would back fire pretty quick. Though a few add ons would help thing drastically.

GrowingLover, I did sort of hesitate about allowing members to judge other members because as you say it can backfire. However if you have limited 'likes' to award each day then that might moderate it a bit.

There should be no limit on reading messages.

Maybe for a fee if you want the little badge next to your name.

I've been thinking along similar lines myself and thanks for the link to Steemit - it's nice to see a working model. I'm still formulating ideas so it's good to hear what other people think.

Exactly.