WHwhit537·Jun 5, 2012
Yeah, you're probably right.
https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5
In Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work.whit537
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 4 | 2012-06-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jun 11 | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 18 | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 25 | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2 | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jul 9 | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Jul 16 | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 23 | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| Jul 30 | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 6 | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 13 | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-27 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 27 | 2012-08-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 3 | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 24 | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 1 | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Nov 12 | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 10 | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 17 | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-24 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 24 | 2012-12-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 | 2012-12-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 7 | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesFirst off: Yes. The premise is that you can tip people without their knowledge, "crowd-sourced genius grants."
https://www.gittip.com/about/
I see a few differences with Kachinga:
- With Gittip, recipients receive the full face value of their tips. The donor is responsible for credit card fees.
- The fees are minimal: $0.10 + 3.9%. Right now I'm using Samurai for payments, and they charge me $0.10 + 2.3%. My margins are thin.
- My margins are not going to be "my" margins. If this gets traction, we're going to organize it as a cooperative, not a corporation. The plan is for everyone who tips through the site to be a member of the cooperative, the purpose of which will be for the escrow of gifts to individuals.
- Gittip tipjars are tied to people, not companies or websites (you can currently send tips to Github organization accounts, but th
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at's ticketed to fix: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/4). I can imagine changing that but for now it's designed for people, natural persons.