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$0.25/week is not something I'd really consider a tip Should weekly tips only be given to people whose work I use weekly? If so, then yes, I agree that $0.25/w

$0.25/week is not something I'd really consider a tip Should weekly tips only be given to people whose work I use weekly? If so, then yes, I agree that $0.25/week is not a good tip. But what about the person whose Emacs config files I read at GitHub and found somewhat informative? And what about the person whose personal wiki (e.g., Org Mode files) I read at GitHub and found somewhat informative? Should I give these people good one-time tips instead of small weekly tips? Maybe I should, but I think I'd like to have the option to give them small weekly tips. Or is there some reason I shouldn't have this option?

whit537 14y ago
I'd like to see someone address this.
- whit537 14y ago
  Preferably on the (newly updated) GitHub ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/180 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/180 :-)
runako 14y ago
This is more of a philosophical question for Gittip. I'd agree that the option for one-time tips makes sense. Maybe I periodically contribute to someone who periodically updates a personal wiki, or after a new release of a project I care about. I'm not sure why Gittip decided for subscription-only, but I'd agree that one-time tips make sense as well. If I had to choose only one model, I'd opt for one-time tips. But (crucially) I still think a quarter is way too small a floor. If I don't value the project enough to make a one-time contribution of even $1 (ideally more), wouldn't everyone be better off with me just sending a nice tweet and/or email? The quarter doesn't really help the developer much more than that. If I were mailing a shareware payment in the olden days, a quarter would barely cover postage.
bmelton 14y ago
For those one-offs where I have interacted with the person directly, I would equate this very closely to the barista model, and expect to be able to give them a single-instance tip that doesn't recur. I mentioned this before (I think, or somebody did) and Whit's response was that he wanted to be able to shore up the 'regularity' of the revenue stream, but I think that does the whole service an injustice. I am likely to tip small amounts that recur, and larger amounts for, pardon the analogy, 'good service' or for someone who went out of their way to help me, or did something awesome. I might tip a $1 a week to the Apache Foundation, for example, and/or $10 to the guy who helped me figure out why Apache kept crashing. As for the 'regularity' of the income, I see no reason why you couldn't just represent the values separately on admin panel... "You are 'earning' $200 a week on GitTip, and also got $50 extra in your tip jar this week." Add to that the ability to integrate a 'tip jar' into websites, Trac, FogBugz, Github issues or anywhere people interact with other people who help them, and you've got a more rounded system (IMHO).
- whit537 14y ago
  > I see no reason why you couldn't just represent the values separately on admin panel... "You are 'earning' $200 a week on GitTip, and also got $50 extra in your tip jar this week." Right, this is how we would do it. I've reopened this ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5

whit537 14y ago

I'd like to see someone address this.

whit537 14y ago
Preferably on the (newly updated) GitHub ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/180 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/180 :-)

runako 14y ago

This is more of a philosophical question for Gittip. I'd agree that the option for one-time tips makes sense. Maybe I periodically contribute to someone who periodically updates a personal wiki, or after a new release of a project I care about. I'm not sure why Gittip decided for subscription-only, but I'd agree that one-time tips make sense as well. If I had to choose only one model, I'd opt for one-time tips. But (crucially) I still think a quarter is way too small a floor. If I don't value the project enough to make a one-time contribution of even $1 (ideally more), wouldn't everyone be better off with me just sending a nice tweet and/or email? The quarter doesn't really help the developer much more than that. If I were mailing a shareware payment in the olden days, a quarter would barely cover postage.

bmelton 14y ago

For those one-offs where I have interacted with the person directly, I would equate this very closely to the barista model, and expect to be able to give them a single-instance tip that doesn't recur. I mentioned this before (I think, or somebody did) and Whit's response was that he wanted to be able to shore up the 'regularity' of the revenue stream, but I think that does the whole service an injustice. I am likely to tip small amounts that recur, and larger amounts for, pardon the analogy, 'good service' or for someone who went out of their way to help me, or did something awesome. I might tip a $1 a week to the Apache Foundation, for example, and/or $10 to the guy who helped me figure out why Apache kept crashing. As for the 'regularity' of the income, I see no reason why you couldn't just represent the values separately on admin panel... "You are 'earning' $200 a week on GitTip, and also got $50 extra in your tip jar this week." Add to that the ability to integrate a 'tip jar' into websites, Trac, FogBugz, Github issues or anywhere people interact with other people who help them, and you've got a more rounded system (IMHO).

whit537 14y ago
> I see no reason why you couldn't just represent the values separately on admin panel... "You are 'earning' $200 a week on GitTip, and also got $50 extra in your tip jar this week." Right, this is how we would do it. I've reopened this ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5 https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5