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There was a startup many years ago that I can't remember the name of this who did a similar micropayment tipping sort of thing. The problem was that they essent
by danpalmer 3y ago
There was a startup many years ago that I can't remember the name of this who did a similar micropayment tipping sort of thing. The problem was that they essentially collected money on behalf of creators who had no idea the platform existed and they would have to then go and sign up to retrieve funds. I don't want to support creators through something they don't consent to using like that.
- edent 3y agoThere was https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/ and, more recently, https://twitter.com/coil https://twitter.com/coil But, yes, a complete chicken-and-egg problem.
- danpalmer 3y agoIt was Flattr, thanks edent! Very 2012, I actually shared an office with them but couldn't remember the name all this time later!
- rglullis 3y agoTo be honest, I don't mind if the middleman is actually holding the funds and gives them out when the taker signs up. Creating a totally new market where you need to develop both sides of the transaction is not an easy task.
- noirscape 3y agoThat might also have been Brave. Tom Scott was targeted by their crap[0] and I recall them fucking about with unsolicited donations for the archive.is operator as well. It seems their business model has changed nowadays (unless they've lapsed again, which Brave has done a few times I think?) but that's definitely been the Brave model in the past. [0]: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br...
- verzali 3y agoI always had a vague idea that this is something a blockchain would work well for. I never looked into enough to figure out the details though.