mattbk1

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by mattbk1 7y ago
The original intent of the two chambers of congress was that the Senate would represent the state (government) itself, and the House would represent the people living in the state. It wasn't until later that senators were elected by th
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by mattbk1 7y ago
"Fewer machines" would be a great solution, which I think might have been the point?
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by mattbk1 7y ago
Do you have any payment processors to suggest who don't take cuts that high?
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by mattbk1 7y ago
Thank you for sharing that link. Truly.
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by mattbk1 7y ago
> I also don't think the existence of small players that get displaced by a big player means that the small players were destined to become big players. It's worth considering that LiberaPay and OpenCollective would never have
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by mattbk1 7y ago
Getting 100% on that list and then posting here would be a trick.
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by mattbk1 8y ago
Thank you for this. It's the natural extension of "you need to track what you want to change" at a personal level.
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by mattbk1 8y ago
The organization behind the website does. The website development team is at https://liberapay.com/Liberapay/ .
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by mattbk1 8y ago
You can build a LEED house the same way as any other building: https://freshome.com/2014/10/09/what-is-a-leed-certified-hom... .
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by mattbk1 8y ago
May not directly answer your question, but Gratipay held funds in escrow and Liberapay does not.
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by mattbk1 8y ago
There may be donees who receive more than that but don't make the amount public, but you are correct about the total volume.
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by mattbk1 8y ago
From https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/issues/1383 : > Liberapay cannot protect anyone from the decisions of underlying payment processors, not even itself ( https://medium.com/liber
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by mattbk1 9y ago
You can choose to hide how much you receive.
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by mattbk1 9y ago
Do you have examples? I'm not sure how to search for this.
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by mattbk1 9y ago
They also take a cut of the proceeds, and add overhead for creators/developers (who have to create perks). The Gratipay/Liberapay model has anonymous donations so people receiving donations don't feel beholden to specific don
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by mattbk1 9y ago
Here's why Changaco left Gratipay and a bit on starting Liberapay: https://changaco.oy.lc/blog/goodbye-gratipay . Liberapay is a solid fork, and there doesn't seem to be any personal issue between Chad and Cha
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by mattbk1 11y ago
It's explained here: https://medium.com/gratipay-blog/gratipay-2-0-2453d3c53077#.... tl;dr: In order to comply with AML laws, the terms of service were changed and individual accounts were removed in favor of team