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I really like this idea.

What if site like the Wall Street Journal adopted it instead of their current paywalls? You had to "flattr" to access the content but the price you are paying is then determined by how much big your monthly flattr allocation is and how many other sites you've flattr'd.

It's like digg/reddit/hackernews but with cash instead of karma.

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What if site like the Wall Street Journal adopted it instead of their current paywalls?

Well, one obvious consequence they'd make less money than they're charging currently. That dooms the ability of this service to get any marquee publishers (the ones who can independently charge for content) on board, and will probably kill it just like it kiled Contenture.