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Re: Tip Jar

#11

Post by pmastela »

Seems like a lot of taps to send a tip.

I was expecting an experience closer to Tippin.me [1] where there's a click to tip, and another to confirm. Tippin.me, happens to be built on Bitcoin's Lightning Network so maybe Twitter will leverage Square's (also run by Jack Dorsey who's keen on Bitcoin) CashApp to do something similar in the future.

I could see the tip jar functionality go in the direction where a user deposits some amount of BTC to Twitter (opens up a LN channel with Twitter in the backend) and then a tap or click on the tip button results in a preset 100 sats tip.

[1] https://tippin.me

Re: Tip Jar

#12

Post by sfa_aok »

Is there a way to link to the Tip Jar, or do you have to direct people to your profile? When I've seen people offer tip jars, it's at the end of a long thread and takes people to a payment service. I wonder how "Tip Jar is on my profile" would perform against a link in a tweet.

Re: Tip Jar

#13

Post by nemothekid »

spcebar wrote: post #2

Twitter not taking a cut is surprising and welcome.

In my experience it's better to shop around payment processors to see if they are willing to take less than the 2.9%, and keep that markup to yourself.

Re: Tip Jar

#14

Post by toomuchtodo »

pmastela wrote: post #11

Seems like a lot of taps to send a tip. I was expecting an experience closer to Tippin.me [1] where there's a click to tip, and another to confirm. Tippin.me, happens to be built on Bitcoin's Lightning Network so maybe Twitter will leverage Square's (also run by Jack Dorsey who's keen on Bitcoin) CashApp to do something similar in the future. I could see the tip jar functionality go in the direction where a user depo…

Would like to see some Zelle integration, as almost all major banks in the US already integrate with it. No need for crypto or closed wallets (PayPal and Cash app), just tie into existing instant payment infra.

https://www.zellepay.com/get-started

Re: Tip Jar

#15

Post by bilbo0s »

Forbo wrote: post #9
jeffrwells wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They know there will be an uproar if they take a cut today. But once everyone is used to using it they'll introduce their cut and make money. Like when instagram started they promised they'd have no ads

It's shit like this that makes me wish people would switch to Mastodon, but it won't happen because the "big names" aren't on there. Wil Wheaton tried, but got bombarded with an endless slew of "Shut the fuck up Wesley" until he quit. The cynic in me thinks this could have been a coordinated effort by Twitter to try to keep people from leaving for greener pastures, but that's probably just my tinfoil hat showing.

You don't need a conspiracy if your success relies only on people on the internet being scumbags. Unfortunate reality is that you'll always win taking that side of the bet.

Re: Tip Jar

#17

Post by viraptor »

simonw wrote: post #4

Apparently if you send someone a tip with this they get your mailing address as part of the receipt. https://twitter.com/racheltobac/status/1390409874006183936 This is a PayPal issue, but Twitter are responding by adding a warning so people know it will happen: https://twitter.com/kayvz/status/1390423761183117312 ?

Sigh, this seems to be another "we had no women on our team" situation. This was a question asked on Twitter before even trying the feature. People impacted by this issue know it's a possible problem. Twitter really should've done better here.

Re: Tip Jar

#18

Post by jhgb »

viraptor wrote: post #17
simonw wrote: post #4

Apparently if you send someone a tip with this they get your mailing address as part of the receipt. https://twitter.com/racheltobac/status/1390409874006183936 This is a PayPal issue, but Twitter are responding by adding a warning so people know it will happen: https://twitter.com/kayvz/status/1390423761183117312 ?

Sigh, this seems to be another "we had no women on our team" situation. This was a question asked on Twitter before even trying the feature. People impacted by this issue know it's a possible problem. Twitter really should've done better here.

Why would you need women for that? Anyone could have told you that this was a bad thing.

Re: Tip Jar

#20

Post by edouard-harris »

jeffrwells wrote: post #3
spcebar wrote: post #2

Twitter not taking a cut is surprising and welcome.

They know there will be an uproar if they take a cut today. But once everyone is used to using it they'll introduce their cut and make money. Like when instagram started they promised they'd have no ads

Keep in mind that if Twitter took a cut of tips, that would automatically trigger the App Store's 30% in-app payment tax for any user who tips on their iPhone. (According to App Store rules, if an in-app payment goes 100% to the creator with zero platform cut, then Apple foregoes the 30% fee.)

It's similar to why Clubhouse isn't currently taking a cut of creator payments: they can't do it without paying the App Store fees.

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