Most on nostr would agree that the clickbait revenue model is fiat and is corrected by a return to sound money…however, what to do about the problem of low willingness to pay for information? In old(er) times (even after 1971) there was a geographic monopoly or at least channel monopoly for content distribution. Now information transmits ubiquitously and instantaneously while pretty good content can be generated quickly and cheaply by almost anyone. The marginal cost to produce ideas is essentially free…wouldn’t that mean good information is “worthless”?

Partly it's the business model (ad model), partly ethics and morals in the news aggregation, analysis and opinions. But there's another aspect that's relevant which is information sourcing. Where the real news is and how they are told. I touch that as well. Now, it's broken. Twitter used to be the place for everyone to share what they see if they find themselves in the middle of current events. We don't have a place for that at the moment. The info sources are gone.