Re:Earn $4 in bitcoins for any commit to sferik/t, a command...
by japhyr on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @05:40PM
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Gittip is certainly going to help more popular coders at first. But that's true with any platform in its early growth phase.
When Gittip is more well-established, anyone who wants to should be able to put a "Gittip button" on their project page. When Gittip itself has more name recognition, an unknown coder who creates a widely-used project should be able to rapidly pick up meaningful support through Gittip.
Re:Earn $4 in bitcoins for any commit to sferik/t, a command...
by steveklabnik on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @06:30PM
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Not only that, Gittip's project pages allow funds to be distributed to the entire team. So even if you're not well-known, if your project is, you can still get some.
Where as tip4commit, rewards are not influence by popularity. I do see how fluff pulls could drain the pool. One needs to ask: Is changing a typo worth $4 dollars? Is it worth my time to do it? Maybe I should just click that merge button.
In my opinion bountysource is the best reward system, as it gives context, popularity is a boon, and it shouldn't generate fluff.
Just my two cents.