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Thieves Launder Money by Crowdfunding Themselves
- damian2000 14y agoThe money being discussed here is chicken feed. The article mentions a total of $488.15 being scammed over a six week period.
- jkuria 14y agomy thoughts exactly. After seeing this video on youtube today, I was expecting a sophisticated scheme involving at least hundreds of thousands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuA_CyUdjkE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuA_CyUdjkE&feature=relat...
- unreal37 14y agoGittip is short for "gift tip". Yes, saving a whole 1 letter.
- SquareWheel 14y agoWell, one letter, but two characters.
- citricsquid 14y agoGittip, short for “gift tip,” I think it's git as in... git-scm, correct? Here's a post from a few days ago with lots of discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4743954 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4743954
- yen223 14y agoGit, as in git-scm yes. I cringed when I read that. EDIT: Just read their website. It really does stand for "gift tips". My foot is now firmly in my mouth.
- unreal37 14y agoI thought that too. But... the about page of gittip.com actually says "gittips, short for 'gift tips'". So in this case, the web site actually says that...
- etrautmann 14y agoCompletely vapid at best