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wheelerwj
14y ago
I am pretty excited about the possiblity of this. One thing that concerns me though, is that I am in no way interested in tying my facebook to anything I do professionally or really even personally. I hate that contraption and although I
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14y ago
edit.. didnt realize this was /new. hfgl
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14y ago
this is my concern. As a developer and a manager I am immediately put on guard by companies with flashy propaganda. My first thought is, "Do they go out of their way to make it look nice in order to cover up a mediocre product?" But that'
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wheelerwj
14y ago
that was really hard to read. And I only have a vague idea of what you are. it does look really nice though.
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wheelerwj
14y ago
I am excited for this. Very very excited. This is exactly the kind of disruption we need. It is a bitcoin economy without the awkwardness of the bitcoin.
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wheelerwj
14y ago
It seems unnecessary to straight up block potential customers from signing up because of their browser. Encourage them to get the full experience using another browser might be a better idea.
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wheelerwj
15y ago
hey, congrats. That's like the perfect step by step for a launch. Good Luck.
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15y ago
you do expect some kind of return though. It just comes in a different form. You don't go to kickstarter and say, "oh hey, ill just piss away 25$ because this guy seems nice...." plus kickstarter has its own vetting process.
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15y ago
That is a bit dramatic. I don't see how this opens people up to any additional scams than are already out there. What it does is provide another avenue to get money from people who have it into the hands of the people who need it. It's li
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15y ago
it does make sense that the role of policing will have to be done on the portal owner's end. Brand Reputation, Success, etc. People were skeptical of Kickstarter at first but look at how it has flourished.
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15y ago
this is pretty exciting. Although, I am still curiou about the portal and timeline for this.
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15y ago
I tried stripe a couple months ago and I was unimpressed. Mostly it was the pricing ( i think at the time it was 3.9% + 30 cents ) because I was looking to do smaller transactions $4.99 a month subscription. But I got into the beta anyways