Google Contributor

#1

Post by sharjeel » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:03 AM UTC

Re: Google Contributor

#2

Post by rdegges » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:17 AM UTC

This looks interesting. Not sure who would be putting money into this, to be honest, but it seems like a fair idea since there are so many companies out there asking for donations to keep running.

I can imagine someone like Wikipedia making a small fortune off of this if it takes off.

Re: Google Contributor

#3

Post by XiZhao » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:17 AM UTC

Must Google do everything?

Re: Google Contributor

#4

Post by dr4g0n » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:18 AM UTC

So this seems like an automatic version of flattr[1], except you get the perk of no adverts in return.

What I wonder though is: what happens if I visit a site that I don't want to support? Can I say no? Otherwise this just invites clickbait even more.

[1]: https://flattr.com/howflattrworks

Re: Google Contributor

#5

Post by mcone » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:19 AM UTC

This was launched about 3 months ago. Previous discussion is still available on HN [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8637365

Re: Google Contributor

#6

Post by tree_of_item » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:20 AM UTC

XiZhao wrote: post #3

Must Google do everything?

This is a great thing for Google to do, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

Re: Google Contributor

#7

Post by Nican » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:20 AM UTC

I wanted to do a similar thing for game servers a long time ago. People spends thousands every month to keep a game server alive, but rarely gains any benefits back.

Re: Google Contributor

#8

Post by nemo1618 » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:20 AM UTC

Finally someone took the initiative. I guess I'm glad that it's a company as big as Google.

There are already lots of sites that run on donations; what's missing is a standard model for doing so. Maybe with Google's backing we can make a stronger push towards making donation-based revenue the norm.

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#9

Post by sigmar » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:23 AM UTC

"As a reminder of your support, you’ll see a thank you message - often accompanied by a pixel pattern - where you might normally see an ad."

Why not remove the frame entirely for participants? Since each website has to opt-in to this, I can't see why they wouldn't be able to remove ads "transparently" (ie without the user ever knowing they were there)

Re: Google Contributor

#10

Post by d2xdy2 » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 1:23 AM UTC

tree_of_item wrote: post #6

XiZhao wrote: post #3

Must Google do everything?

This is a great thing for Google to do, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

I take it as saying something like "why does it have to be Google that does this; someone should have done this a long time ago", maybe.

Google starts a lot of cool projects, it'd be neat to see other companies taking the same initiative in certain areas (I'm sure there are, I just am not well versed in that area).