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Google Launches New Service - TipJar: a collection of money saving tips
- josefresco 18y agoThe only issues I see here is that most tips are pretty decent. So a simple yes/no doesn't suffice. I'd like to see some sort of rating system (1-5). Unless they are relying on new content bubbling up and then being replaced by even newer tips ala HN.
- patio11 18y agoI was thinking "Oh, its that Amazon Honor System (allowing people to make donations to folks who put a button on their website, for example bloggers) all over again", except no. Its a "One guy writes up a money saving tip, other people vote it up". Here's my tip: neither the technology nor the content is interesting. Sample: Pay your bills online to save on postage or Take advantage of free entertainment in your community – parks, museums, exhibits, etc. Go to free park concerts and other community activities.
- fortes 18y agoYup, it's definitely not winning any awards for insight. One of the current top tips: "Bring your lunch to work once or twice a week instead of buying it."
- ramit 18y agoI agree -- and my tips are up there (iwillteachyoutoberich). It's hard to say anything useful in that small amount of space.
- jncraton 18y agoWhen I saw the title, I was afraid that this was a tipjoy competitor from Google.
- ivankirigin 18y agoSame here. My heart skipped a beat. Technically, Google Checkout is already a Tipjoy competitor. We worry about Amazon much more than G.Checkout & PayPal.
- ajkirwin 18y agoOn the note of Tipjoy, thanks for making it. It's allowed me to take donations on my site without which I wouldn't've been able to otherwise (Due to PayPal's onerous terms of service). :)
- ivankirigin 18y agoThanks for using us! Let us know if you have any ideas on how to improve the site.
- ajkirwin 18y agoI do have a suggestion. Make it so that the amount shown as pledged to a website only includes paid pledges. As it stands, a bunch of people could say, pledge $100/200/whatever each to a cause to make it seem like that cause has already raised a lot of money, causing people who might legitimately donate to go, "Hey, they've already raised loads. I'll give to someone else".
- ivankirigin 18y agoWe've definitely debated this back and forth. You can do this yourself on your site with: http://tipjoy.com/api/#extracting_transaction_data http://tipjoy.com/api/#extracting_transaction_data You can use that feed to show, for example, only the recent paid transactions on your site.
- ajkirwin 18y agoOoh. That'll be useful. I ended up having to make a new account for my latest donation drive, simply because on the last one, I'd taken in maybe.. $150 of paid pledges, but my 'amount' was near $400. :x
- anuraggoel 18y agoThe title, though factually correct, is quite misleading. It's like saying Google launches interactive Python shell service at http://shell.appspot.com http://shell.appspot.com The real service is Google Moderator: http://moderator.appspot.com/ http://moderator.appspot.com/ TipJar is just a featured series on Google Moderator, just like the Shell is a featured application on the App Engine. It looks like Google 'seeded' Moderator with Tipjar, along with several other moderated discussions.
- thorax 18y agoYeah, I'd like to see the title tweaked a bit to clarify that, too.