2 ms·
> services like Scroll, the site owner has to register with Scroll. Patreon requires the user register to send money to the site owner. And the site has to not
by josteink 7y ago
> services like Scroll, the site owner has to register with Scroll. Patreon requires the user register to send money to the site owner.
And the site has to not challenge the current political climate, or (leftist) political activist will pressure payment providers like MasterCard and Visa into banning the site in question from receiving payment from downstream payment services[1].
> Mozilla should create a tip jar non-profit organization. Tipping would be something built into Firefox. If you tip someone, it's sent to the non-profit's bank, and connected to the url.
And the second a anti-religious/anti-Muslim website starts receiving significant money, Mozilla risks getting all payment processing frozen.
> Anyway, implementation would be pretty difficult
Actually that’s the easy part. Avoiding censorship and avoiding being made into a political puppet by the current payment-provider duopoly seems to be what’s difficult.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/patreon/comments/aa5f3d/mastercard_forced_patreon_to_remove_a_users/ https://www.reddit.com/r/patreon/comments/aa5f3d/mastercard_...
- 0815test 7y agoThis should not be downvoted. It's indeed beyond ridiculous that some sites, and even some individual content makers (such as the well known 'SexyCyborg'/'Machinery Enchantress'), are having trouble accepting funding online for what are unambiguously political reasons.
- Fellshard 7y agoYou are spot on, in this case, I fear, given every partner Scroll lists is on the /hard/ left of the political spectrum. That's not a healthy partnership for Mozilla to take on, unless they proactively reach out to other mature publications across the spectrum. EDIT: Tell me where I'm wrong, please. The majority are the Vox collective and close Media Matters affiliates.