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The problem with all these tipping services is always traction. There is no pain point for the consumers of content that is going to drive them to install a boo
by ghempton 15y ago
The problem with all these tipping services is always traction. There is no pain point for the consumers of content that is going to drive them to install a bookmarklet like the one he suggests. This especially applies since all of these services are unknown.
I would love to see an already established player like Disqus attempt something like this.
- pault 15y agoFacebook. They already have a credits platform, traction is obviously not an issue, and their stupid "like" button is ubiquitous. It seems to me that they are poised to solve the micropayments problem that so many others have failed on (Beanz, etc).
- ghempton 15y agoAgreed.
- mechanical_fish 15y agoCould a third party bolt this on to Facebook with an app? Or are there legal or technical barriers? (TOS violations, privacy policy violations?)
- crizCraig 15y agoYou'd have to proxy Facebook which is a TOS violation (I believe). Some German site recently got busted for doing something like this.