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Things like this are just apt for abuse. While in real life when this happens, we get a small connection with the person (they live near me / they also were get
by eggbrain 15y ago
Things like this are just apt for abuse. While in real life when this happens, we get a small connection with the person (they live near me / they also were getting coffee), on the internet, people only see a free gift card that automatically refills itself, and not the people that paid for it. When you are playing with other peoples money, it's hard to be frugal.
- Sam_Odio 15y agoIt looks like things have died down. The steady state seems to be one where the balance is low and the transactions are small: http://dpaste.com/589113/ http://dpaste.com/589113/. That would imply that the card is currently being used as intended.
- startupfounder 15y agoLooks like it only gets abused when there is a high balance that people can see on the twitter feed. A solution is to focus on coffee not money. "at least one coffee is available" or "buy someone a coffee, no coffee available" or "someone gave the gift of a coffee". Oh, FYI free coffee refills after purchase in shore.
- 44Aman 15y agoIndeed, the monetary value makes things impersonal - great idea!
- TranceaddicT 15y agoThe unfortunate thing about structuring the card in that manner is that: 1) it's not the way the card is programmed to work and 2)the experiment was to provide a vehicle for those who can't to benefit from those who can. The moment the individual the experiment as designed for would end the experiment; the inevitable end of buy one, give one.
- modoc 15y agoExcept by you stealing from it....
- hammock 15y agoI'm trying to figure out- what's the difference between loading the card and just dropping $10 on the ground?
- gregschlom 15y agoNobody is going to drop back 20 bucks after they found the $10 bill.
- startupfounder 15y agoThinking outside the box and buying someone a coffee can sometimes have unexpected results: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2860312 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2860312
- zoudini 15y agoLink seems to be broken. What did it point to?
- startupfounder 15y agohttp://www.blog.wa.tt/finding-a-technical-co-founder-using-a-commun http://www.blog.wa.tt/finding-a-technical-co-founder-using-a...
- jonathanstark 15y agoPlease try both and share your findings with the group.
- etha 15y ago- It's hard to drop ten dollars cash on the other side of the country. - You don't need a smartphone to use ten dollars you found on the ground. - Cash can be spent somewhere other than Starbucks. - There's no twitter account broadcasting the amount of money dropped on the ground. - If you find money on the ground, chances are not good that it was dropped by someone from HN. - If you tweet about money you found on the ground, you are just a jerk.