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I'm not sure a tipping model would generate enough for Hollywood. Along the same idea of avoiding the ads, I'd rather pay a subscription for a piecemeal select
by jotto 18y ago
I'm not sure a tipping model would generate enough for Hollywood.
Along the same idea of avoiding the ads, I'd rather pay a subscription for a piecemeal selection of HD episodes with no ads.
- ivankirigin 18y agoI think there is room for both, but Hollywood will want a sale. Tipjoy is going to support any distribution model people want - we're just starting out with voluntary tipping. We're building a general purpose micropayments engine.
- wumi 18y agoi know you gotta sell, sell, sell Tipjoy, but to HN?
- ivankirigin 18y agoAre you saying that I mention my startup and our plans too often on HackerNews? I like hearing about other YC companies here, so I presume others feel the same about me.
- wumi 18y agoTrue, I actually really like what Tipjoy is doing and imagine you have a few things up your sleeves that your working on, but ... that last comment felt like you were trying to sell the HN community on what Tipjoy is doing, when I don't think you need that validation. Maybe I'm just noticing your Tipjoy input more after the whole spiel with that guy writing the blog post saying you guys were floundering.
- ivankirigin 18y agoThere is a lot of debate about the future of content monetization, and I thought Tipjoy was really relevant here. I'm not looking for validation, though I'm interested in hearing the different opinions on the topic. We were a day from releasing a major new feature that got techcrunched when the "floundering" post came up. Clearly he knew nothing.
- wumi 18y agoWe're building a general purpose micropayments engine. That is what we want to hear about. :)