whit537

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   by whit537 9y ago

   > only getting enough That's because total volume is so low. Back when it mattered we were seeing 5% of volume as income to Gratipay, comparable to Patreon, etc.
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   by whit537 9y ago

   Invent something besides free software, you mean? I think it can be sustainable if we can change the culture in tech so that it's normal to support open source. There are 20M programmers in the world. If 10% of us each had a budget of
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   by whit537 9y ago

   We recently integrated npm into Gratipay so companies can pay for their package.json: https://gratipay.news/integrating-npm-39333109419d https://gratipay.news/pay-for-your-package-json-cb07341445ca If you c
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   by whit537 9y ago

   We're still here! Check https://gratipay.news/ for what we've been up to. :-)
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   by whit537 10y ago

   It sounds like you've mostly tried to pay for new development on projects? As opposed to remunerating for existing product? Does that sound right?
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   by whit537 10y ago

   Fwiw, I've copied your comments over to https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/987#i... .
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   by whit537 10y ago

   P.S. Gittip and Gratipay are the same thing. :-) https://gratipay.news/gratitude-gratipay-ef24ad5e41f9
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   by whit537 10y ago

   Yeah! Are you going to release this survey data, @froztbyte?
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   by whit537 10y ago

   Who are you, @froztbyte? Wanna be part of https://sustainoss.org/ ? :-)
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    by whit537 10y ago

    > people will never track down all the OSS projects they depend on and figure what would be a reasonable donation to give them. Too much agency is required of the user to achieve meaningful adoption. Yes! This gets at the B2B question me
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    by whit537 10y ago

    Yes! This is basically what we've concluded at Gratipay (née Gittip). Existing crowdfunding solutions are consumer-grade, and open source needs business-grade crowdfunding, as it were. We're working on it! :)
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    by whit537 10y ago

    There's also https://opencollective.com/ https://github.com/OpenCollective/OpenCollective (JavaScript).
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    $130,000 soon to be refunded from Gratipay/Gittip(medium.com)

    4 points by whit537 11y ago|0 comments
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    by whit537 12y ago

    How about the Gittip badges from http://shields.io/ ?
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    by whit537 12y ago

    I'm only going to make one comment on this thread: If you use this thread to make disparaging comments about Shanley, you're missing the point and you're doing it wrong. Go look at how respectfully I tried to treat Shanley wh
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Hadn't heard of Wikimedia's FDAs, sounds awesome! Do you have a link for more info?
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thank you. :-)
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Awesome, thanks! :D See http://shields.io/ for README badge. I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1145 .
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    by whit537 12y ago

    It's a design decision, not a tax/regulatory issue. We've had one-off tipjars for decades and they haven't changed the game. My mortgage is recurring so my income needs to be recurring as well. We currently have an &quot
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the support, Carl! Loved having you here! :D
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Did you know that Gittip and Shields are in cahoots? :-) http://blog.gittip.com/post/59396458675/gittip-has-acquired-... Re: stories, I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks, I read it. > Many people delude themselves on whether they are a one-miracle, or multi-miracle startup. They way to tell is to ask yourself what your product or business end goal is. Is your approach directly focused on achievi
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Gittip is a site for multiple communities, not one single community, so I take it as a sign of strength that we do in fact have multiple communities using Gittip now. Think along the lines of PayPal or Twitter: they are a big tent. I'v
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Did you open https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/2455 ? It sounds similar. :-) I've added your homepage comment with a +1 to https://github.com/gittip&
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    by 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 t
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    by whit537 12y ago

    You may be right. Certainly, "asking" has been a success factor for people using Gittip, which is fine. For myself, I like not overtly asking for money too much, because then the gifts I do receive feel that much more genuine.
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Yes! Wanna help with marketing? :-) You're right that it's not just "what we do" but "how we do it" that matters for Gittip. For me they're actually related, though I guess I haven't convinced everyon
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! I've added a +1 w/ your comment re: the leaderboards to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 .
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks rdegges! The feeling is mutual! :D
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Nice! Wanna help with https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1493 ? :-)