Introducing the GoodWatch

Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by yoodenvranx on Saturday December 16, 2017 @07:56AM (#15939340)

This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things.

(And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by chc4 on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:19PM (#15942848)

Honestly, that sounds like a problem for cryptocurrency. Lots of people just put their wallet address on things and you can send them money.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by ReverseCold on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:27PM (#15944101)

And not necessarily Bitcoin, $10 is not the transaction fee everywhere (some places it's ~1¢)

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by bruncun on Saturday December 16, 2017 @08:52AM (#15939515)

Have you considered the browser, Brave? Built-in micropayments. Https://brave.com

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by sorenjan on Saturday December 16, 2017 @08:56AM (#15939537)

Flattr tries to be that.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by mistermann on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:56AM (#15940314)

Anyone know why it isn't more successful?

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by manigandham on Saturday December 16, 2017 @12:09PM (#15940381)

People don't really care about (micro)payments and paypal actually does work just fine for one time events. Easier for people to list an email then signup for another service to get a few dollars.

Also Flattr is owned by the Adblock Plus company now which has questionable history.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by freeone3000 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @06:07AM (#15945263)

Their main business case got taken by Patreon, which is more popular due to more reliable income on the creator side.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by manigandham on Saturday December 16, 2017 @12:10PM (#15940388)

Why doesnt paypal work? All they need to list is an email address, it's the lowest amount of work.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by yoodenvranx on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:43PM (#15941509)

The way Paypal works is pretty awesome but unfortunately the company is pretty shitty (at least in my experience).

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by driverdan on Saturday December 16, 2017 @03:21PM (#15941789)

PayPal is known for locking accounts that ask for donations.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by gpvos on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:33PM (#15941417)

It forces me to create an account with them (even though people say it doesn't), and has repugnant policies.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by Aloha on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:00AM (#15940081)

I really want to build a micropayments system for stuff like this.

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Re:Introducing the GoodWatch by georgespencer on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:52AM (#15940297)

You totally should!

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