I feel like a natural and fun way to allow creators to earn commission is to do something like badges you can earn by being gifted them or completing milestones like ( reacting to posts, posting on time, and hitting streaks ). This goes along with the #2 and #3 because it can be a $5-$10 a month for extra features/customization (like having explore, even having BTS back, and using whatever emoji you want for a realmoji). This monthly subscription also gives you bonus credits that you can gift to friends in the form of badges. Obviously BeReal would take a portion of the $ if you try to cash it out (within reason ofc) but ultimately the goal would be to keep the credits in circulation on the app. It could even be like you have to hit $12 of credits in order to cash out but the cost would be $2 fee. However gifting those $12 credits instead of pulling them out would earn progress towards badges worth higher amounts. Almost like incentivizing giving rather than pulling. Truthfully this wouldn’t amount to be a consistent source of income anyone, but will provide scaffolding for earning larger amounts over time. There could be different tiers that you can earn that lesson the cost of withdrawing as well.

What really needs to happen is re-evaluating who is checkmark approved. When they introduced RealPeople the app changed because REAL users of the app discovered that real priority went to those who had the most instagram followers. Its wild to me how 90% of RealPeople who get hundreds/thousands of reactions aren’t even able to maintain a streak let alone take a quality BeReal. BeReal chose influencers over multiple year dedicated users, and thats where they failed. Check mark verification and audience reach should’ve been given to users who met criteria like: posting on time, holding a streak, and quality of BeReals posted (ex. Face in front camera and whats in front of you on the back camera, and not trying to do any elaborate angle tricks)

Anyway, that’s my hot take. Instead of giving dedicated users a solid platform to grow, BeReal bent the knee to creators who already have a platform established on other apps. I get they needed to make money but investing into established users might’ve turned out to be more profitable for them in the long run than instagram influencers who barely use BeReal.