1 cent rating per viewer

Sometimes I see good work on YouTube and would like to pay a little to the author, like I would do to good street artists. Just a tiny bit, as a token of my appreciation, in the hope that if many do the same it will generate some compensation for the time and love put into the work I get for free.

When I now show my appreciation by watching it and rating it, the work will get advertising around it (part of their business model, see "YouTube Elevates Most Popular Users to Partners"). I hate advertising. Advertising benefits third parties completely unrelated to the work I see, not my choice.

As I am already registered as a user on this website I could periodically buy a credit of 5€ or something. Each time I rate a video, a self set amount of cents go to the author of the work I just watched.

Currently I am hardly motivated to rate a video which already has a rating I agree with.

Fraud is not worthwhile, as you pay only by rating videos. If this exceeds your (tiny) credit or some set maximum (like what you can physically see) the site will ask you to come back tomorrow as there is apparently some robot taking over with your credit.

Extra privacy features make this interesting: you can give anonymously (similar to giving to a street artist), but you can also make it possible to share information about you to the receiver. Perhaps you only want to show only some demographical data, perhaps you are also open to communication, perhaps you show even your identity completely. If you are the person to set your ratings worth on several dollars you might get a thank you note...