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I feel an emotional attachment towards Gittip. Here's my story: This is my GitHub profile https://github.com/HashNuke https://github.com/HashNuke and this is m

I feel an emotional attachment towards Gittip. Here's my story: This is my GitHub profile https://github.com/HashNuke https://github.com/HashNuke and this is my Gittip profile https://www.gittip.com/HashNuke/ https://www.gittip.com/HashNuke/ I've been writing opensource software full-time for the past few months. A few weeks ago, I checked my Gittip profile out of curiosity. I found out someone was anonymously giving me $0.5/wk, for the last 4 weeks. I had $2 as my balance. I was in tears when I saw that. I felt that mattered. Someone cared about my work. I'm excited that in a few weeks it can pay for the domain name for my next opensource project. Thanks to Chad, the Gittip team and the community. I hope Gittip works out well for them financially to sustain themselves and do more.

whit537 12y ago
That is super awesome and encouraging to read. Thanks SingAlong/HashNuke! Keep up the good work! :D
- gedrap 12y ago
  And maybe a story for homepage? ;) It's surely more engaging than a list of new users (which, honestly, I don't care and don't think anyone cares outside 'getting on HN front page got him X sign ups'). Although... I am quite curious how this post will affect your metrics e.g. a month down the line ;) And, yes, please, change your name. I found it misleading (I thought it's something like dogecoin tips on reddit, just for github) and hard to remember for people who don't know git. Other that that, you're awesome! Keep it going :)
  - whit537 12y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! The reason we have leaderboards on the homepage in the first place is to quickly answer the question, "Is anyone actually making a living here?" I looked at Flattr and could not for the life of me answer that question. Now that the matter is established, I agree that it's time to change the homepage. I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074. Re: Stories, see http://tomslee.net/2014/01/airbnb-stories.html http://tomslee.net/2014/01/airbnb-stories.html for a counterargument.
krat0sprakhar 12y ago
In other news, HashNuke rocks! :D

whit537 12y ago

That is super awesome and encouraging to read. Thanks SingAlong/HashNuke! Keep up the good work! :D

gedrap 12y ago
And maybe a story for homepage? ;) It's surely more engaging than a list of new users (which, honestly, I don't care and don't think anyone cares outside 'getting on HN front page got him X sign ups'). Although... I am quite curious how this post will affect your metrics e.g. a month down the line ;) And, yes, please, change your name. I found it misleading (I thought it's something like dogecoin tips on reddit, just for github) and hard to remember for people who don't know git. Other that that, you're awesome! Keep it going :)
- whit537 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! The reason we have leaderboards on the homepage in the first place is to quickly answer the question, "Is anyone actually making a living here?" I looked at Flattr and could not for the life of me answer that question. Now that the matter is established, I agree that it's time to change the homepage. I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074. Re: Stories, see http://tomslee.net/2014/01/airbnb-stories.html http://tomslee.net/2014/01/airbnb-stories.html for a counterargument.

krat0sprakhar 12y ago

In other news, HashNuke rocks! :D