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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by carols10cents on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @01:09PM (#4069551)
What if you could pledge a tip to someone but your card wouldn't actually be charged until they accepted?
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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by whit537 on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @01:26PM (#4069667)
Hmmm ...

I imagined money accumulating over time until it was significant. Then finding out about it would be like getting a call that you won a genius grant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program

I could see this as a possible compromise if opt-out turns out to really suck as bad as with Kachinga.

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