Ask HN: Patreon for open source? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Patreon for open source?

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Post by jasonlotito » Sat, Jun 11, 2016, 2:27 PM UTC

lowglow wrote: post #57

jasonlotito wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was curious what you guys do, but honestly, every page redirects to a signup/login page. "A social community of makers building, selling, and crowdfunding together" There is no clarity as to what you actually do.

Which page redirects you back? Even the explore/about/tos pages? We're working on redesigning the front-page right now to solve the messaging problem. Thanks for the feedback Jason.

Sorry, redirect is probably a bad term? It seemed like all links off the main page that I were interested directed me to a signup page.

For example, links under build your dream and sell your product both bring me to a Create Your Account page. I don't want to create an account. I want to know what the heck you do.

Also, your headline: "Welcome to Baqqer A social community of makers building, selling, and crowdfunding together" doesn't tell me anything about what you do, or more importantly, the problem you are solving.

If it's "Let users give you money for your open source project" then just say it.

Re: Ask HN: Patreon for open source?

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Post by ygjb » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 12:11 AM UTC

vijayr wrote: post #54

Changaco wrote: post #29

As others have pointed out, platforms to fund work on open source projects already exist, and the best part is: they're open source themselves, so you can contribute! In fact I was the top developer of Gratipay for a year myself, and now I've created a fork called Liberapay (the reasons were the legal difficulties Gratipay faced in the US, and the decision its founder made to turn it into a non-neutral platform). Lin…

Are there collaborative translation services for open source apps and products? One could of course use google translate, but it would be nice if the translation is done by humans who actually use the product/service they are translating.

In addition to the others listed, there is also https://crowdin.com

Re: Ask HN: Patreon for open source?

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Post by bbcbasic » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 6:49 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #7

Paying per commit seems as sensible as paying per LOC (related story: [1]). Simple recurrent monthly donations as one can easily set up (eg. on Flattr) make more sense, in my opinion. [1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lin...

Almost as bad as paying a developer per hour