Quote from: 1base58 on July 03, 2013, 09:51:16 AM

Theymos, I'm curious why you see micropayments (or forum credits) as low priority.
I agree in the sense that there are bigger problems to solve around bitcointalk, but if this can encourage more quality posts then it lifts the forum as a whole.

People have had addresses in their signatures since the forum first started. Almost no one uses them for donations. Donations are popular on Reddit only because:
- Being able to send money quickly and easily is a novelty to the people there.
- People use donations as a tool to advertise Bitcoin.

Here, people are used to Bitcoin and there's no need to advertise. If a donation system was added, I predict only a small increase in donations compared to the current situation with bare addresses.

Quote from: TradeFortress on July 03, 2013, 10:26:11 AM

Are you sure the value would be close to one? I'd imagine a forum credit would be more worth 0.4 or so given the limited uses for forum credit, and the risks associated with exchanging.

Could be, but it doesn't really matter. They can be used as a medium of exchange as long as they have some value.