Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work.
by aristidesfl on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @03:23PM
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The only argument which makes sense at the light of what I said is number 4.
Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work.
by whit537 on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @03:26PM
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You'll have to say more if you want to try to merge horizons.
Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work.
by aristidesfl on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @03:35PM
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The open source community works well despite, and thanks to, no money being involved (at least explicitly). The motivation obviously exists without money, and the results are better because of that.
So, there is no problem to solve, just potential to poison one of the biggest qualities.
The only argument which makes sense at the light of this, is number 4, and that is an interesting problem. Distribution of wealth.
Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work.
by whit537 on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:07PM
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Where I'm coming from is that I want to work on open source software, and I get really down on the hoops I have to jump through to do it--consulting, employment, starvation. I want to add value to society and I want society to value me in a more direct way.
Tips are small so there's no strings attached. That's different than with other uses of money.
1. Gittips aren't a paycheck, they are a no-strings-attached gift.
2. Small cash compensations will free people up to contribute to society on their own terms rather than wasting their time surfing Facebook in a cubicle.
3. It might be a reminder that their society values the contributions they make based on their passions and interests and not on their utility to a corporation.
4. Popular developers know who is doing the grunt work and deserves more recognition. They can call out such people via Twitter, etc. In the future I can imagine upgrading Gittip to allow high earners to distribute higher amounts per person per week.
5. Young Jedis will be incentivized to add true value to society as adjudicated by the wise crowd, rather than answering to a monolithic corporation as their societal proxy.