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Re: Tip Jar

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Post by lazyasciiart »

captn3m0 wrote: post #91
paxys wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It makes sense when you consider that all the successful services they are copying (Instagram, Snapchat, Clubhouse) are app-only.

Instagram stories (and IG in general) has been functional on the mobile web for more than 3 years: https://www.pcmag.com/news/post-instagram-stories-from-the-m... .

Kind of. There are still settings that are available only in the app, which I ran into recently - can't remember exactly what but eventually I gave up and installed the app.

Re: Tip Jar

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Post by lazyasciiart »

sneak wrote: post #8

> *Payment service availability and features vary by region Why do companies think they can compete with internet payment services that don't have any of these arbitrary restrictions placed upon them?

Do any such services exist?

Re: Tip Jar

#103

Post by cassonmars »

Toutouxc wrote: post #83
ziml77 wrote: post #59

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Yep PayPal is awful about this stuff. I have a friend who's deadname was leaking through PayPal reciepts. They couldn't change it because PayPal insisted on showing the name of the account holder which was validated through the bank account linking. To protect them I now manage the account they have people send payments and donations to. It's suboptimal but it's the only way we can be totally sure their deadname does…

Today's ten thousand: "Deadnaming" is apparently calling a transgender person by the old name they abandoned, a "deadname" being the name of their former identity. IMO that's a weird term.

Deleting a record in some databases uses a process of marking the record with a “tombstone”, processes can be killed. Abandoning a former name that doesn’t align with a gender identity? Yeah, it’s dead to me.

Re: Tip Jar

#104

Post by kypro »

mahathu wrote: post #100
ziml77 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep PayPal is awful about this stuff. I have a friend who's deadname was leaking through PayPal reciepts. They couldn't change it because PayPal insisted on showing the name of the account holder which was validated through the bank account linking. To protect them I now manage the account they have people send payments and donations to. It's suboptimal but it's the only way we can be totally sure their deadname does…

What's a deadname?

It's the name a transgender person used to be know by prior to their transition.

It's highly offensive (to some at least) and refering to someone by their "deadname" is considered grounds for a permanent ban on a number of silicon valley services.

Re: Tip Jar

#106

Post by Toutouxc »

cassonmars wrote: post #103
Toutouxc wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Today's ten thousand: "Deadnaming" is apparently calling a transgender person by the old name they abandoned, a "deadname" being the name of their former identity. IMO that's a weird term.

Deleting a record in some databases uses a process of marking the record with a “tombstone”, processes can be killed. Abandoning a former name that doesn’t align with a gender identity? Yeah, it’s dead to me.

Oh I get the logic all right, but I imagine the transition is a pretty sensitive topic that can be difficult for some family members or acquaintances. And this kind of vocabulary (death-related) in this context sounds like an odd choice.

But that's just a thought, I have no idea how it feels to transition and what kind of emotions are involved. Maybe it's more definitive that way, acting like the former identity does not "live" anymore.

Re: Tip Jar

#107

Post by throwaway3699 »

davidblue wrote: post #66
davidblue wrote: post #65

Just want to point out: As it is implemented currently , the “Tip Jar” is literally just a list of hyperlinks. Clean hyperlinks, even. If you need a handy example for trying it out: I’m @NeoYokel I entered every link except CashApp because I don’t have that. (DO NOT PAY ME. This is not a sly attempt to get you extremely wealthy hn readers to send me unsolicited cash.)

CORRECTION: The Venmo link is not clean. Here’s the tracking meta (which is revealing lol): ‘ txn=pay&amount=1.00&note=Spaces ‘

Not really 'tracking' is it?

Re: Tip Jar

#108

Post by pjc50 »

TeeMassive wrote: post #72

> Tip Jar is an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation on Twitter. This is a first step in our work to create new ways for people to receive and show support on Twitter – with money. I hope this will create an incentive for people to be less partisan and divisive and look for donators outside of their algorithmic bubble.

Rage is monetizable. The entire talk radio ecosystem exists on this basis, as do many political Patreons. And the people that got banned from Patreon.

Re: Tip Jar

#109

Post by pjc50 »

55555 wrote: post #67

Onlyfans strangely not mentioned. I see a lot of people on twitter with viral tweets shilling their onlyfans

Bingo. This is going to get used for sex work, and then Twitter will have to either act surprised and ban a whole swathe of users or embrace it and face condemnation from the religious right.

Re: Tip Jar

#110

Post by Tepix »

tomashubelbauer wrote: post #78
senectus1 wrote: post #54

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ever found that to be particularly effective? I put a concerted effort into doing that for a week... every advert. they started returning after a while.

I don't know if this will work on Twitter, but on Instagram, I decided to deal with annoying ads by liking all ads from reMarkable, a device I already own and whose ads at least look visually nice, and reporting all other ads. So far I only ever see rM ads and I hope it stays that way. Which it might as long as reMarkable runs ads on Instagram.

Aren't you hurting reMarkable with that behaviour? You're not going to buy from them and they pay to have those ads shown to you.
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