Roman Mamedov: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:25:41 +0300 > George Kadianakis <desnac...@riseup.net> wrote: > >> Currently, (we want to believe that) the Tor network is run by a bunch >> of cypherpunks that are contributing bandwidth because they believe in >> the Cause. >> >> If relay operators start getting money for their bandwidth, we might >> end up with relay operators that are just in for the money. > > And you will also end up with having less operators who run relays just > because they want to support the idea of privacy/freedom/etc. > > I am sure there is a clever scientific term for the phenomenon that when you > start paying *some* of your volunteers, others are gonna look and ask, "huh > wait a second, we're all doing the same work, yet the other guy now gets paid, > and I am just supposed to keep doing this for free? Screw that."
Yeah, I read about that phenomenon as well. If you'll add money to add, you change the nature of the service and fewer people want to volunteer out of civil courage. I think this paper is about it: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/PfefferandDeVoeJournalofEconomicPsychology.pdf Maybe there are others as well. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk