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   by whit537 12y ago

   I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1493 . When we first launched we were opt-out, which turned out to be a big no-no. Backstory: https://github.com/
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Thanks for the great feedback! :-) 1) No. 2) Historical accident. 3) Sounds like a +1 for https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1493 ? 4) I see Gittip as a marketplace that has to support both sides
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Awesome! Thanks for using Gittip! :D
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Thanks! :-)
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   by whit537 12y ago

   We paid out $41,000 in our first year, and $300,000 in our second. How is something that just grew 632% half-dead?
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Good idea on testing names with ads. If/when we decide to rebrand I'll keep that in mind. Our growth has only slowed in the past few months. We doubled three times in the 16 months before that.
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Thanks! Want to join our marketing team? :-) One way or another, I've added your comments with a +1 to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 .
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   by whit537 12y ago

   > you have to be conscious of the fact that the conditional probability of everything working just right at the same time is orders of magnitude smaller than something like gittip being executed with better understood tools and structure
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   by whit537 12y ago

   Thanks for the recommendations! I've added a +1 for you to these tickets: "tip calculator" https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/11 "reach out to companies" https:/&#x
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the encouragement! :-) I agree that the general cultural trends are pointing in the right direction in a way they weren't a few years ago.
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Patreon took off because a) they've got domain expertise w/ YouTube in one co-founder, and b) they've got business expertise in the other co-founder. Re: YouTube. When your friends are YouTube micro-celebs, who are good at ma
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    by whit537 12y ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFXGwHsD_A :D
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    by whit537 12y ago

    But is it holding us back from reaching sustainability for Gittip itself?
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Taking three to five years to reach profitability is normal. In the mean time, we paid out $300,000 in no-strings-attached gifts this past year. That does not feel to me like the wrong thing to be doing. :-)
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks! Awesome feedback, especially on the homepage! I've added your comments with a +1 to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 . Re: the name, that's mentioned a couple other places
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Yeah, the U.S. median for singles is $30,880 (as I mention in the post). I don't know what percentile $41,500 is, but it's well above minimum wage.
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    by whit537 12y ago

    That is super awesome and encouraging to read. Thanks SingAlong/HashNuke! Keep up the good work! :D
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! :-) I've added +1s for the ~~three~~ two of you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 .
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! We actually had a loooong bikeshed on this a month into Gittip. Here's the thread: https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/138 Maybe someday we'll rebrand, but that
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Our curve was exponential throughout 2013 and into 2014. We doubled three times, about every four or five months. We started to flatten out the past few months as we try to gather a full-time team. Because here's the thing: any other c
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    by whit537 12y ago

    :-) You, too!
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Because what we apparently aren't making clear is that "Building Gittip" is a subsite for people building Gittip. It's not intended to be a starting point for people coming to Gittip for the first time as a potential use
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Okay, I've also added +1s for you to: "revamp homepage" https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 "sign up with email" https://github.com/gittip/www.gi
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    by whit537 12y ago

    Great feedback, thanks! Starting to process it here ... I've ticketed "Building Gittip is confusing as a first impression" https://github.com/gittip/building.gittip.com/issues/63
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    by whit537 13y ago

    What's to stop Gittip from being enterprise scale? Just got home from PyCon and had a lot of conversations there about how to translate Gittip into terms that legal/accounting can deal with.
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    FizzBuzz in Assembly (Rejected by Hacker School)(vimeo.com)

    5 points by whit537 13y ago|0 comments
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    by whit537 13y ago

    > Making the app concise and memorable is important for p or np just the same. Agreed! Thanks for all the great feedback. :-)
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    by whit537 13y ago

    Thanks! Should be interesting to see how this plays out one way or another. :-)
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    by whit537 13y ago

    > I meant I wouldn't make it public until after I heard back from YC, not just until you submitted it. Publishing early is part of Gittip's "share as much as possible" principle. I don't have private conversation
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    by whit537 13y ago

    Thanks rdl! :D > probably wouldn't make the app public pre-submission; after is fine. this is a minor point though. I submitted the application at the same time as I posted it to GitHub. > video: [...] The audio seems to have got