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gfodor: I've thought of a clever, easy way to send the coins to new users that doesn't require a sign-up. But I still don't know how to notify new users, unles

gfodor: I've thought of a clever, easy way to send the coins to new users that doesn't require a sign-up. But I still don't know how to notify new users, unless they've already installed the extension. Your idea of Twitter handles is a good hack, but as you point out, it misses a non-trivial number of users. Hmm... PS: By the way, to viach, mrfussion, and gfodor: I've already got a backend system built using Tornado and ZeroMQ for a Bitcoin POS that could be adapted to this scenario fairly easily, and it would scale well. But how to notify new users without pissing everyone else off....

mrfusion 13y ago
My philosophy is that when you're giving people free money you shouldn't have to make much effort to notify them. If people want the money let them come to you. If it's unclaimed after a year the policy could be that you'd donate it to charity. Which would keep with the spirit of tipping. (Or unclaimed funds could be divided between existing users each year, or returned.) There are lots of things you could do. Another interesting idea is to have a finders fee. So If an existing user helps track down the owner of an unclaimed account, they get a fee like 10%.
- viach 13y ago
  >> My philosophy is that when you're giving people free money you shouldn't have to make much effort to notify them. Completely agree with that. It is enough to reply with "dogetip+1" for example, where "dogetip" is the bots website name. >> easy way to send the coins to new users that doesn't require a sign-up HN has "about me" field, right? What if user puts his wallet id there? We don't need him to sign up then.