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On the one-time payments issue, see: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/113 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/113 The short story

by whit537 14y ago

On the one-time payments issue, see: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/113 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/113 The short story is that Gittip is targeted at funders, and the current wisdom is that one-off payments would erode confidence in the stability of one's funding stream. Yes, you can do what you were planning to do, pay for a week and then cancel, but Gittip doesn't want to optimize for that, I don't think.

bmelton 14y ago
Is there a way for people to tip without being members of Github? I imagine that a lot of the beneficiaries of say, jQuery's goodness, aren't necessarily on Github at all.
- whit537 14y ago
  Short answer: No. Long answer: You're right, and I want to expand beyond GitHub. Here's the ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/80 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/80
aarlo 14y ago
Why are you targeting for "funders" (I think you mean the people getting paid)? In general, getting the money into systems is the hard part. If money is there, people will come - easy! Getting people to give money - whether to a company or for donations - that's hard! Also, frankly, this is a nice proposition from the POV of the "funders". You seem to have built it for yourself. But, the value for the donors? Sounds like a tough sell. So making donors happy is most important. Without them you're toast. With them you can AT LEAST support yourself, if nothing else :)
- whit537 14y ago
  The value for donors is "the feeling of participation in someone else's story" (quote from Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley[0]). It's up to recipients to tell a compelling story with their life. That's what's going to get money into the system. Tell me a story! [0] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-power-and-the-peril-of-our-crowdfunded-future/259304/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-po...

by whit537 14y ago

bmelton 14y ago

Is there a way for people to tip without being members of Github? I imagine that a lot of the beneficiaries of say, jQuery's goodness, aren't necessarily on Github at all.

whit537 14y ago
Short answer: No. Long answer: You're right, and I want to expand beyond GitHub. Here's the ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/80 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/80

aarlo 14y ago

Why are you targeting for "funders" (I think you mean the people getting paid)? In general, getting the money into systems is the hard part. If money is there, people will come - easy! Getting people to give money - whether to a company or for donations - that's hard! Also, frankly, this is a nice proposition from the POV of the "funders". You seem to have built it for yourself. But, the value for the donors? Sounds like a tough sell. So making donors happy is most important. Without them you're toast. With them you can AT LEAST support yourself, if nothing else :)

whit537 14y ago
The value for donors is "the feeling of participation in someone else's story" (quote from Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley[0]). It's up to recipients to tell a compelling story with their life. That's what's going to get money into the system. Tell me a story! [0] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-power-and-the-peril-of-our-crowdfunded-future/259304/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-po...