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I have a feeling this would be a bad idea for some reason I can't quite put my finger on but ... what if github added a sponsor/donate/pledge button and ran a s

I have a feeling this would be a bad idea for some reason I can't quite put my finger on but ... what if github added a sponsor/donate/pledge button and ran a service for doing such? Some projects use Patreon. Why not just make it direct for those projects that are using github to host? I think the harder problems are things like "who gets the money", "how is it used", etc... How to deal with scam clones. (once money is involved the scammers will show up)

goostavos 8y ago
"who gets the money" was a hard enough question to push me away from trying the patreon / tip jar approach. There are a ton of documentation / translation / one-liner style contributors on my project. Do they all get an ongoing cut of the funds? Or is it a one time thing? How is that number determined? As soon as you introduce money, some people will get alienated, work 'value' will be ranked, just -- all kinds of new headaches on top of what maintaining a large project for free (which is already often a big headache)