The old saying of tough times create strong men and strong men create good times and good times create weak men and weak men create tough times is more than just a saying.
The question for all of us is do we believe? In easy times believing takes no faith or effort at all. While staying through the thin times does. In regards to funding, what does it take to fund each days work and running any given dApp?
In keeping with @jongolson's gamification post, I wonder if there is a way to gamify funding. I know in the podcasting space the Value4Value model is prevalent, especially within the Podcasting 2.0 space. Is there a funding thermometer that the communities who use various dApps can see? Sort of like how fundraisers work? These are far from elegant ideas, but something for us to consider. I'm open for a brainstorming OpenPods session.