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The End of Gratipay

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Re: The End of Gratipay

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 03, 2017, 9:27 AM UTC

whit537 wrote: post #80

whit537 wrote: post #41

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Okay, now tell me who I forgot (I"M SORRY!!!!)! :D

Thank you pjz and everyone who ever used or hacked on Aspen. Thank you jordanmessina and steveklabnik and joeyespo and everyone who put us on HN way back at the start. Thank you marvinpinto for putting us back here one more time. ;) Thank you everyone who funded my/our Gratipay habit directly by giving to myself or the Gratipay team on Gratipay. Especially UkuleleRod. Thank you Jessica and Leah and Miriam and Sammy a…

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Re: The End of Gratipay

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Post by mattbk1 » Mon, Nov 06, 2017, 5:10 PM UTC

r3bl wrote: post #59

mattbk1 wrote: post #14

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They also take a cut of the proceeds, and add overhead for creators/developers (who have to create perks). The Gratipay/Liberapay model has anonymous donations so people receiving donations don't feel beholden to specific donors.

> (who have to create perks) Do they? I've seen pages getting a solid amount of money without having any perks.

Do you have examples? I'm not sure how to search for this.

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