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Re:Jonathan's Card by Sam_Odio on Sunday August 07, 2011 @10:25PM (#2858511)
It looks like things have died down. The steady state seems to be one where the balance is low and the transactions are small: http://dpaste.com/589113/.

That would imply that the card is currently being used as intended.

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Re:Jonathan's Card by startupfounder on Sunday August 07, 2011 @11:49PM (#2858680)
Looks like it only gets abused when there is a high balance that people can see on the twitter feed. A solution is to focus on coffee not money. "at least one coffee is available" or "buy someone a coffee, no coffee available" or "someone gave the gift of a coffee". Oh, FYI free coffee refills after purchase in shore.
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Re:Jonathan's Card by 44Aman on Monday August 08, 2011 @04:31AM (#2859273)
Indeed, the monetary value makes things impersonal - great idea!
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Re:Jonathan's Card by TranceaddicT on Friday August 12, 2011 @06:32PM (#2879532)
The unfortunate thing about structuring the card in that manner is that: 1) it's not the way the card is programmed to work and 2)the experiment was to provide a vehicle for those who can't to benefit from those who can. The moment the individual the experiment as designed for would end the experiment; the inevitable end of buy one, give one.
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Re:Jonathan's Card by modoc on Friday August 12, 2011 @03:18PM (#2878795)
Except by you stealing from it....
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