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I visited their hackathon Jan 2nd-4th, in Ambridge, PA.
Great team ... hard working, talented.
Chad is a superb full-stack engineer, and completely sincere in his honorable goals. I believe he and the team will succeed. And when they do, since it's bootstrapped, it will not be owned by investors.
Gittip is truly a new and deep way of thinking.
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As with any major public facing change, do it sooner rather than later, because the later it is, the more people will know you as "Gittip", so the cost of the change will be larger. Sit down with 2-3 people (including someone not in the Gittip loop!) this weekend and list all of the nouns and verbs that you associate with Gittip's mission, its market, what users do on Gittip, and what people achieve through Gittip. T…
But is it holding us back from reaching sustainability for Gittip itself?
Gittip is a nice idea. But sadly, it has become a place for certain people to receive hefty monthly paychecks from anonymous patrons in exchange for incredibly aggressive and toxic trolling. Despite original intentions, this is not making an ecosystem of love and gratitude. So if its creator isn't even making money from it, it's probably better if it goes to sleep.
Yelling on Twitter and demonizing men for existing is not "promoting empathy and equality". Begging for legal money for your civil lawsuit is not "sustainable crowd funding" (hint: what is she being sued for? it doesn't say.).
Sorry Gittip, but your site has turned into a joke dominated by professional victims.
I really love the system, and always feel happy knowing Chad is the one leading it! If you haven't met Chad before -- you should. He's one of the nicest, most genuine people I've had the pleasure of meeting!
Best of luck with Gittip moving forward! <3
I have a few criticisms of Gittip, with the caveat that I'm largely criticizing you for not being something else that I want, rather than for not doing a good job at the thing that you're currently doing. 1) Is there some sort of legal reason that Gittip doesn't want to manage all of my non-profit giving? 2) What's with the focus on programming? The programming community is tiny, and will be better off piggybacking o…
I have a few criticisms of Gittip, with the caveat that I'm largely criticizing you for not being something else that I want, rather than for not doing a good job at the thing that you're currently doing. 1) Is there some sort of legal reason that Gittip doesn't want to manage all of my non-profit giving? 2) What's with the focus on programming? The programming community is tiny, and will be better off piggybacking o…
1) No.
2) Historical accident.
3) Sounds like a +1 for https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1493?
4) I see Gittip as a marketplace that has to support both sides more or less equally.
You are a generous person! I hope we can help you! :-)
Chad: one thing I will note is that, though you are very open in the article about what you are making, and clearly you want more gifts to sustain yourself and gittip, you don't actually ask. For gittip to succede you don't just need a volume of people, you need a volume of people who are actively asking other people to participate. And you should start with yourself!
For gittip that plea can take different forms. Well-funded groups can ask for tips that they redistribute. People doing small projects on the side can still calculate out their expenses (my expenses are just a few domain names, but they aren't free) and can ask for exactly that modest goal.
In a sense you want to teach people how to ask, and you want to normalize these pleas, which is best done through demonstration.
I have a few criticisms of Gittip, with the caveat that I'm largely criticizing you for not being something else that I want, rather than for not doing a good job at the thing that you're currently doing. 1) Is there some sort of legal reason that Gittip doesn't want to manage all of my non-profit giving? 2) What's with the focus on programming? The programming community is tiny, and will be better off piggybacking o…
Something like a donation dashboard might solve your problem? They could let the donor set an optional maximum monthly contribution. Of that maximum contribution, the donor could set how much of it goes to each tip. The giving page seems like a good place to put such a thing. As for tipping a charitable organisation that might not be on gittip, perhaps setting up proxy accounts where the monthly tip is donated by git…
When we first launched we were opt-out, which turned out to be a big no-no. Backstory: https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/28.
I have a few criticisms of Gittip, with the caveat that I'm largely criticizing you for not being something else that I want, rather than for not doing a good job at the thing that you're currently doing. 1) Is there some sort of legal reason that Gittip doesn't want to manage all of my non-profit giving? 2) What's with the focus on programming? The programming community is tiny, and will be better off piggybacking o…
All of these are really good points. I might try to hack something that answers points 3 and 4 together sometime soon.
I've been using Gittip since practically day 1. I really love the system, and always feel happy knowing Chad is the one leading it! If you haven't met Chad before -- you should. He's one of the nicest, most genuine people I've had the pleasure of meeting! Best of luck with Gittip moving forward! <3