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Got early access to it as well (not validated yet, Stripe's interface is really not user-friendly and asks for papers I don't usually have handy). And yeah, I
by phh 7y ago
Got early access to it as well (not validated yet, Stripe's interface is really not user-friendly and asks for papers I don't usually have handy).
And yeah, I totally agree with you. I felt really weird writing the tiers. GitHub's wording seems like there shouldn't be any reward, so I didn't put any reward (and I don't really feel like pushing rewards anyway). But why do tiers then?
Perhaps it will help herding people into making it to higher tiers? I don't know, from my point of view, I'd prefer let people free.
As for person vs project, I don't really have the problem, though I agree with you. I feel like small projects won't setup this, because it feels much more complicated than doing a paypal (perhaps paypal got so cumbersome as well? it wasn't when i made an account there.), and big projects will need teams.
I have to mention that I also have an account at liberapay for donations, and they do handle teams! (they basically do a round-robin, so you need enough donaters)
Edit: Yup, Stripe is really annoying. They somehow denied my ID, without saying why, and I can't seem to link this account into liberapay.
- edwinwee 7y agoI work at Stripe. Sorry you ran into that. Could you email me at edwin@stripe.com and I can see why your ID was denied? (We've also been working on improving that flow. I'd love to hear more on how it could be more user-friendly.)
- erikschoster 7y agoI also got early access, and ended up signing up for a librepay account as well because I was curious to try it out. (Stripe setup went OK for me. Here's my project FWIW: https://github.com/luvsound/pippi https://github.com/luvsound/pippi) I set up tiers, because they seem to encourage it, but they're all basically just early access to stuff that I'll make free anyway. I work for a listener-sponsored radio station and I really think this model is pretty exciting -- keep access free for all and allow those with the means to support it financially. (And rewards I'm sure are good motivators for some.) It also means you aren't beholden to "the man", shareholders looking for profit, etc...
- qmmmur 7y agoCool project! This is something I've always been looking for. I'd love to contribute.