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Re: Gittip, Year Two

#101

Post by iodfgj »

whit537 wrote: post #91
ronilan wrote: post #88

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Chad, the passion and effort you've put into your project are clear. I hope it will eventually become beneficial to you, if not directly, then down the road through the doors it must have opened to you. That being said, I think I'm not the only one who would have advised you to let go of something that is half dead (edit: meaning "vegetative" by comparable standards). Also, wouldn't the mission be better served as a…

We paid out $41,000 in our first year, and $300,000 in our second. How is something that just grew 632% half-dead?

Read HN's welcome: "As a rule, a community site that becomes popular will decline in quality." Your top 2 Receivers have never contributed anything of value to the community (this is subjective, I know but the majority would agree with me) and yet they receive an amount most others would dream of receiving. Yes, a person has the privilege of doing whatever they want with their money but your website is endorsing bad actions so I won't support it. Just because the amount you payed out increased, it doesn't mean that (community & value wise) it isn't half dead.

Sorry, this is my opinion.

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#102

Post by xur17 »

I think someone else mentioned this idea, but I can't find it anymore. I wish there was some way to donate to a group of people that was automatically managed by you guys (or crowd-sourced if you can make that work).

I wouldn't mind giving a little bit each month, but I don't really feel like searching for specific users that do work I want to support, and then checking back every few months to make sure they still are.

Also, it would be a lot more meaningful to see a list of groups on the homepage rather than people that I have mostly never heard of.

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#103

Post by GFischer »

chroma wrote: post #19
sspiff wrote: post #17

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> $40k per year is quite close to minimum wage in California. Exactly. In California. If you want to live off of what is basically donations for community work, you might want to relocate to a much cheaper place. Eastern Europe or South-East Asia are nice places to live on a tighter budget. I donate a small amount every week myself, though I find it hard to make a bigger commitment to it.

Living in cheap places is fun when you're young, but eventually you take on more responsibilities and your body fails you. Are eastern europe and southeast asia known for their health care? Are dentists cheap there? Most importantly, are they good places to raise a family? I can totally get behind you when it comes to arbitraging cost of living, but not everyone can do that. At best, one could live in an inexpensive…

If you're willing to forgo cars and iPhones, here in Uruguay we have pretty good healthcare and decent (paid) schools.

It won't be as cheap as SE Asia, but it's not as expensive as the United States (for healthcare and schools), but it's extremely expensive for other things.

You'll probably find out how much you take for granted not having to pay 100% extra for cars, clothing, etc... and having a salary that doesn't allow for a plane ticket without careful budgeting.

As someone without children, Uruguay has a significant downside, but it is a decent place to raise a family (I think a cheap part of the U.S would be better, except with maybe worse schooling).

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#105

Post by rescripting »

KJasper wrote: post #15
yitchelle wrote: post #13

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I kinda agree with you here. I have not heard of Gittip either before this post came on HN. So I visited it, and upon seeing the front page, I immediately thought that this is like a competition where the rankings of the highest givers and highers receivers were showcased. I think that the site should show something that tipping the projects is a good idea. (Shooting from my hip here) maybe they should pick out a cou…

I agree with you about the competition bit. I immediately thought: "Oh how surprising the cute girl is in second position" (I dont have a clue who shanley is). So focusing more on how they make a difference instead of a silly selfie would be a good first step indeed.

A bit OT, but "Oh how surprising the cute girl is in second position" is casual sexism and really dismissive. Read her statement on gettip for some extra irony.

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#106

Post by grayclhn »

aianus wrote: post #48
jacquesm wrote: post #36

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Hi. I'm currently in Romania, and even though I manage to stay afloat here quite nicely I'd hate to have a family here with kids growing up in this environment. Poland is doing ok and improving steadily, the Czech republic is also quite manageable. But compared to say France, Belgium, the UK, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands there is still a significant difference. Romania: For instance, infrastructure here is lac…

I moved to Canada from Romania as a child and I don't think it was much of a win. In exchange for more economic opportunity, I grew up with no family (other than mom and dad) which I think has stunted my personal growth a lot. Other people seem to care a lot about their families and getting married and having children but all of those things are really foreign to me. Actually I'm not even sure about the economic oppo…

I just want to point that your experience with Romania wouldn't apply to (almost) anyone moving there from another country with higher cost of living.

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#107

Post by jobquestion123 »

whit537 wrote: post #66
primigenus wrote: post #63

I love Gittip. I don't love the homepage. When I visit the homepage, I see "Sustainable crowdfunding: inspiring generosity", followed by a call to action input asking me to enter someone's username, and finally three groups of lists of people. None of these things mean anything to me if I'm new to Gittip. The headline at the top describes your company mission statement, not what the product does. Instead of telling m…

Thanks! Awesome feedback, especially on the homepage! I've added your comments with a +1 to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 . Re: the name, that's mentioned a couple other places on this thread. Do you think it's important enough to focus on in the next year? Do you think it's the crucial missing link to making Gittip itself sustainable? Or is that something we tackle once we've demonstrated that…

I have the same reaction when I see "Gittip", I find it weird, and then think "Am I tipping someone for their work on Github?". Patreon is a little clearer in terms of naming, I guess.

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#108

Post by freyfogle »

There's been a push in the perl community to start using gittip, and I think it's a great thing. So please do keep up the great work.

My company (Nestoria) just started a "module of the month". Each month the dev team picks someone whose code we use and via gittip we'll donate $1/week for a year to that person. That's not a fortune obviously, but our hope is that others - individuals and companies - follow our lead, and in many cases it will be obscure modules that don't otherwise get a lot of attention.

http://devblog.nestoria.com/post/86216883403/module-of-the-m...

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#109

Post by whit537 »

freyfogle wrote: post #108

There's been a push in the perl community to start using gittip, and I think it's a great thing. So please do keep up the great work. My company (Nestoria) just started a "module of the month". Each month the dev team picks someone whose code we use and via gittip we'll donate $1/week for a year to that person. That's not a fortune obviously, but our hope is that others - individuals and companies - follow our lead,…

Awesome! Thanks for using Gittip! :D

Re: Gittip, Year Two

#110

Post by freyfogle »

whit537 wrote: post #109
freyfogle wrote: post #108

There's been a push in the perl community to start using gittip, and I think it's a great thing. So please do keep up the great work. My company (Nestoria) just started a "module of the month". Each month the dev team picks someone whose code we use and via gittip we'll donate $1/week for a year to that person. That's not a fortune obviously, but our hope is that others - individuals and companies - follow our lead,…

Awesome! Thanks for using Gittip! :D

Agree it is awesome (I had no part in coming up with the idea). Feel free to use us as a case study.
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