I don't think he's quite saying that. Other commenters made the point that micropayments are not economically viable (because of the costs imposed by the third-party finance people), but your model is macropayments which don't have that problem.
In respect of the creative aspect, which he seems to feel is infringed by having lots of 'customers' who all want to tell the author what to do, as anothe commentator pointed out it's about managing expectations. If the author makes it plain that the payment is to support the author (a "tip jar") and gives no extra rights to the payer then there is no problem (or no more than exists by making contact details public, email or LJ).
Since you are on LJ and read the forums anyone can join and start nagging you about what they want to see you write. We don't, in general because (a) you can get us thrown off, (b) because you might stop reading, and (c) because there are social pressures to behave (for instance, people who have started nitpicking spellings in the draft have been asked to refrain). I don't see that it would be any different whether you were taking payments or not.
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Date: 2008-09-05 02:01 pm (UTC)In respect of the creative aspect, which he seems to feel is infringed by having lots of 'customers' who all want to tell the author what to do, as anothe commentator pointed out it's about managing expectations. If the author makes it plain that the payment is to support the author (a "tip jar") and gives no extra rights to the payer then there is no problem (or no more than exists by making contact details public, email or LJ).
Since you are on LJ and read the forums anyone can join and start nagging you about what they want to see you write. We don't, in general because (a) you can get us thrown off, (b) because you might stop reading, and (c) because there are social pressures to behave (for instance, people who have started nitpicking spellings in the draft have been asked to refrain). I don't see that it would be any different whether you were taking payments or not.