What is the Attention Economy?

The Attention Economy is a world in which we accept the reality that attention is a scarce human resource, and as our society scales up and the amount of available information becomes overwhelming, the scarceness of our attention matters more and more. Further than that though, this world view accepts that not only is attention scarce, but our limited attention is our property and we have a right to command a price for it!

You Don't Have to Give it Away for Free!

Advertisers vie for our attention constantly, and less constantly our friends, acquaintances and colleagues are also seeking it, especially if we have a special expertise that can be of use to others. Take a look at how people are trying to obtain the scarce attention of the founders of SteemIt.

The founders of SteemIt, nor anyone else with scarce attention can't possibly give it away to everyone who wants it for free. But many of these people would legitimately value their attention, and be willing to pay for it if they could. SteemIt is unique in that it has the infrastructure to easily accommodate this kind of commerce. If SteemIt allows users to put a price on their attention, through user controls for private messages, replies, mentions and even on-platform advertisements, we would all benefit from being able to direct our attention more productively.

Thank you for giving your own scarce attention to view my proposal.

Source for the thumbnail image:
http://www.slideshare.net/bengrossman/10-social-best-practices-from-the-best-social-brands-of-2013/14-inbound13WELCOME_TO_THEAttention_Economy