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Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by ivey »

callmeed wrote: post #26
halo wrote: post #3

I'm sure this wasn't 'inspired' by twitpay.me at all, released and announced here 15 days ago ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369568 )

Putting aside the sarcasm and assuming it was inspired by twitpay, what exactly is the problem with that? Unless you also have a patented technology, being first to market doesn't really matter. Execution matters. Bragging rights don't pay the bills.

No one from Twitpay is complaining. Ivan gave me a heads-up about this a few days ago.

TipJoy is a social platform for tipping people, that now has a Twitter hook.

Twitpay is a payments platform built exclusively on Twitter, with some other interesting features in the works.

It seems like overlap, but we're in pretty different spaces. I wish the discussion here had focused on TipJoy, and not veered off into this side of things...although I'm happy people know about Twitpay, too. We'll have our own HN threads for cool announcements soon enough.

Congrats to Ivan and Abby for getting this out there.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by ivey »

gwc wrote: post #30
lanceweatherby wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come up with a decent concept and team and then get funded by YC.

Seems a little involved just to get in on a poker game. :)

If you're already in Boston, the startup part is easy. Idea+Incorporation=Instant CEO

He didn't say you had to be part of a viable startup to play.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by mattmaroon »

ivankirigin wrote: post #20
mattmaroon wrote: post #9

Nice feature. I would use this if I frequented Twitter. I have sick friends who would throw money around like that for fun though.

You tweet sometimes. They're usually pretty funny, so you should do it more. I'm pretty sure twitter will be closer to an ecosystem of tips, considering everyone is a "blogger" - though some with greater followings.

Yeah, I log in a few times a week, and read whatever posts are on the first page. That's about it.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by ivankirigin »

ivey wrote: post #32
gwc wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems a little involved just to get in on a poker game. :)

If you're already in Boston, the startup part is easy. Idea+Incorporation=Instant CEO He didn't say you had to be part of a viable startup to play.

Viable is determined on exit, right?

Anyone reading this is welcome to the game. And if you want an excuse to move to Boston, tipjoy is hiring: http://tipjoy.com/jobs

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

#35

Post by ivey »

ivankirigin wrote: post #34
ivey wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're already in Boston, the startup part is easy. Idea+Incorporation=Instant CEO He didn't say you had to be part of a viable startup to play.

Viable is determined on exit, right? Anyone reading this is welcome to the game. And if you want an excuse to move to Boston, tipjoy is hiring: http://tipjoy.com/jobs

Ivan, I assume you saw @tensigma's invitation on Twitter to play poker if you're ever in Atlanta, but I'll mention it here, too. He's not any good, though, so go easy on him.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by drusenko »

halo wrote: post #3

I'm sure this wasn't 'inspired' by twitpay.me at all, released and announced here 15 days ago ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369568 )

welcome to the real world. i can't tell you how many times people have taken UI and concepts we spent a ton of time developing and copied them directly, even some of our well funded competitors. even yahoo (they completely ripped off our theme choosing interface). hell, we've even had direct feature-for-feature copies of weebly commissioned in india. life's not fair, and neither is business.

coming up with an idea isn't going to get you ahead, it's your ability to keep coming up with good ideas, execute on them, and make the right choices that steer the company that will. and eventually, some day, you get a big pile of users that becomes increasingly hard to lose, even if you try to fuck it up (just look at geocities. yes, it's still the 124th biggest site on the internet...)

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by ntoshev »

ivey wrote: post #31
callmeed wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Putting aside the sarcasm and assuming it was inspired by twitpay, what exactly is the problem with that? Unless you also have a patented technology, being first to market doesn't really matter. Execution matters. Bragging rights don't pay the bills.

No one from Twitpay is complaining. Ivan gave me a heads-up about this a few days ago. TipJoy is a social platform for tipping people, that now has a Twitter hook. Twitpay is a payments platform built exclusively on Twitter, with some other interesting features in the works. It seems like overlap, but we're in pretty different spaces. I wish the discussion here had focused on TipJoy, and not veered off into this side…

You can define your market however you like, but as long as you fight over the same customers in the same context, you compete with each other.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by Herring »

ivey wrote: post #5
halo wrote: post #3

I'm sure this wasn't 'inspired' by twitpay.me at all, released and announced here 15 days ago ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=369568 )

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so we at Twitpay are taking it as a compliment.

With compliments like that, who needs insults?

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

#39

Post by ivankirigin »

ivey wrote: post #35
ivankirigin wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Viable is determined on exit, right? Anyone reading this is welcome to the game. And if you want an excuse to move to Boston, tipjoy is hiring: http://tipjoy.com/jobs

Ivan, I assume you saw @tensigma's invitation on Twitter to play poker if you're ever in Atlanta, but I'll mention it here, too. He's not any good, though, so go easy on him.

Even people that think they are good are still usually just playing by intuition, like me. I'd love to play. We should set up a network of startup poker games across the country. Poker is the new incubator.

Given this fundraising environment, it might be a good financing strategy too.

Re: Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter

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Post by ivey »

ivankirigin wrote: post #39
ivey wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ivan, I assume you saw @tensigma's invitation on Twitter to play poker if you're ever in Atlanta, but I'll mention it here, too. He's not any good, though, so go easy on him.

Even people that think they are good are still usually just playing by intuition, like me. I'd love to play. We should set up a network of startup poker games across the country. Poker is the new incubator. Given this fundraising environment, it might be a good financing strategy too.

That was a session at BarCamp Atlanta: Startup funding via poker.
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