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Oops, yes, I should've mentioned what Beeminder is! Thanks! We get that a lot ("where does the money go? wait, you do _what_ with it??") but I'm surprised to h
by dreeves 6y ago
Oops, yes, I should've mentioned what Beeminder is! Thanks!
We get that a lot ("where does the money go? wait, you do _what_ with it??") but I'm surprised to hear that pushback on Hacker News. Is the existence of Beeminder not "something positive"?
More at https://blog.beeminder.com/defail/ https://blog.beeminder.com/defail/
- TACIXAT 6y agoIt just feels like giving money to a stranger which I have no desire to do. I'd still not be happy about giving money to a charity or friend but I could stomach it. I think donating some small percentage (3% to 10%) of your profit to a neutral cause (hunger, bee conservation) would solve any friction for me.
- dreeves 6y agoBeeminder does have a charity option but it's a premium feature in the most expensive premium plan. Also when we / Beeminder derail on our own goals we pay our users. Not sure if either of those things make it feel ok. I guess we're keen for you to feel like we're any other SaaS that you're happy to pay for. Beeminder makes you awesomer and you pay for that, just at random times, or when you most need a kick in the pants, instead of a fixed monthly amount (though that too if you want a premium plan). If Beeminder isn't worth it overall then you'll stop using it; it's not really the perverse "make money when your users fail" that it seems prima facie. There's a myopic sense in which that's true but overall it's quite the opposite! As must be the case for us to have stuck around for 9 years.