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And similarly, I'd pay good money to have certain StackOverflow questions answered. But if these things seem like a no-brainer, there's a good reason why they're not available. (Third-parties have stepped in, but they're not officially supported.) Introducing money into the ecosystem can spoil people's motivation to do anything for free. This was one of the lessons from Google Answers, an early version of Stack, Quor…
I think maybe each bug could have a pot where people could put an amount, and if a developer fixed that bug and enough people agreed he would get that pot. That way developers could pick the bugs where people are willing to put their money where their mouth is.
This would change my work from a hobby to being a business. If someone pays for a ticket, the roles change a bit. The person who pays will expect something from you. I personally would not do that. If you like what I do, send me a beer afterwards. Or a gittip or a flattr. But don't pay me money.
> I think maybe each bug could have a pot where people could to put an amount, and if a developer fixed that bug and enough people agreed he would get that pot.
Except leave out this part:
> That way developers could pick the bugs where people are willing to put their money where their mouth is.
Instead, completely hide showing how much money was donated to a bug. From everyone. When a developer fixes a bug, they may get a nice surprise for their contributions, that may further encourage them to work on issues.
A little like GitTip, but you're tipping whoever solves an issue, ahead of time. And because it's invisible, it doesn't make your hobby feel like a job because you don't know which issues are worth the most. (although it may be possible to guess by issue popularity)
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This is an elegant way to crowdfund open-source software. Nice idea.
this! features can be funded this way as well.
Being a developer myself, when I create a piece of code to do a specific thing and release it to the public it's not for monetary gain, but to help others than need it by using my source. However, if they wanted additional features added to it, you could have a pot, and once the feature is achieved the pot would be deposited to the developer.
What I think what would work better is if you had the option in github to vote up a bug (or expose the number of people following/watching it) so that the owner of a repository could use that number in deciding how important a bug is to his/her userbase.
I think maybe each bug could have a pot where people could put an amount, and if a developer fixed that bug and enough people agreed he would get that pot. That way developers could pick the bugs where people are willing to put their money where their mouth is.
For example, here's an issue with 11 backers: https://www.bountysource.com/#issues/27-split-pane-feature
...and here's a bounty over $1100 with 5 backers: https://www.bountysource.com/#issues/315019-add-a-tiling-win...
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Well, yes, actually I'm building http://issuehunter.co at TechPeaks[1]. What do you think about it? Are you using it? [1] http://techpeaks.eu
Time for firefox and chrome plugins that show the dollar value on a specific issue right on github, or whatever sites you support. Make it so I can add 10 dollars to an issue I care about, and add a "Sort by money" thing.
And similarly, I'd pay good money to have certain StackOverflow questions answered. But if these things seem like a no-brainer, there's a good reason why they're not available. (Third-parties have stepped in, but they're not officially supported.) Introducing money into the ecosystem can spoil people's motivation to do anything for free. This was one of the lessons from Google Answers, an early version of Stack, Quor…
But I am willing to pay for someone fix my problem, not answer it. I mean, get access to my code and solve the issue himself. Like a micro-freelance job.
Thar way there is still incentive to answer doubts for free, in order to get more points/karma and attract more clients/charge more money.
Another website managing this would be nice. It could tie into Github's API and offer this service.