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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by whit537 on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @01:34PM (#4069708)
a) Eating isn't a one-off option. Expenses are recurring so income must be too. I can imagine a one-off option down the road.

b) Yes, it's trivial to stop. And because tips are anonymous, there's no social awkwardness to stopping a tip.

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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by rys on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @02:08PM (#4069912)
Of course eating isn't a one-off option, but it's highly unlikely that anyone will be using income from this to make ends meet. Mirroring the tip analogy offline, I don't go into my favourite restaurant and tip the service staff there every week, even if I haven't eaten; it only happens if I eat there. It seems to me that one-off tips will be a heavily requested thing at least.

Great idea, I hope it really takes off.

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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by whit537 on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @02:17PM (#4069973)
Yeah, you're probably right.

https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/5

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