If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
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@Edent That picture is giving metal concert!
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What if Mastodon had this button?
(I am not involved in core development. This isn't an official proposal. I'm just noodling about with ideas. Don't shout at me in the comments or get weird.)
@Edent hmmm, on the one hand, being able to give creatives payment for their work is a nice idea.
On the other hand introducing profit motive on posting is kind of a major reason commercial social media is so toxic. Do we want that incentive structure here? -
What if Mastodon had this button?
(I am not involved in core development. This isn't an official proposal. I'm just noodling about with ideas. Don't shout at me in the comments or get weird.)
Before I go and build something, does anyone have a template for all the payment services?
Looking for a bunch of buttons which are *consistent* in size / shape.
All the official ones seem to be as different as possible!
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What if Mastodon had this button?
(I am not involved in core development. This isn't an official proposal. I'm just noodling about with ideas. Don't shout at me in the comments or get weird.)
@Edent think it would be great to try something like this. Lots of creatives I'd like the option to easily tip. Could it be done in a client app?
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Before I go and build something, does anyone have a template for all the payment services?
Looking for a bunch of buttons which are *consistent* in size / shape.
All the official ones seem to be as different as possible!
@Edent shields.io has most of them already: https://shields.io/badges/open-collective-backers#
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@Edent shields.io has most of them already: https://shields.io/badges/open-collective-backers#
@liaizon they're so *ugly* though! No branding, tiny, and bland.
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@liaizon they're so *ugly* though! No branding, tiny, and bland.
@Edent there are themes there and you can have the logos too, and they can be any size, as they output svg
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@Edent there are themes there and you can have the logos too, and they can be any size, as they output svg
@liaizon I'm obviously being a bit thick. I can't see any way to make, for example, a PayPal button that looks good. Very happy for you to tell me which magic command I need.
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@kristoff @Edent My UK bank happily accepts inward SEPA payments with BIC and IBAN, but it's almost impossible to send outwards without going into a branch because they haven't built the UI for customers to do it themselves.
UK bank customers: BACS/Faster Payments.Again, fee-free, and fewer middlemen from dubious jurisdictions with dubious business rules.
If you're worried about direct debits etc being set up, give out details for a saving account not a current account.
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
(Please don't be a dick in the replies as a muting often ofends.)
@Edent disappointed to not see “carrier pigeon” as an option 🫤
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@liaizon I'm obviously being a bit thick. I can't see any way to make, for example, a PayPal button that looks good. Very happy for you to tell me which magic command I need.
(its an svg so any size you like, also the colors are encoded in the url, if you don't like the pink choose any color you want)
paypal
https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=paypalkofi
https://img.shields.io/badge/kofi-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=kofiliberapay
https://img.shields.io/badge/librapay-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=liberapayopen collective
https://img.shields.io/badge/opencollective-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=opencollectivecashapp
https://img.shields.io/badge/cashapp-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=cashapp -
(its an svg so any size you like, also the colors are encoded in the url, if you don't like the pink choose any color you want)
paypal
https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=paypalkofi
https://img.shields.io/badge/kofi-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=kofiliberapay
https://img.shields.io/badge/librapay-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=liberapayopen collective
https://img.shields.io/badge/opencollective-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=opencollectivecashapp
https://img.shields.io/badge/cashapp-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=cashapp@liaizon Ah, I see. Sadly, they're all different widths and don't use the official fonts. So I'm not sure if they'll work for my purposes. But I'll give it a try - thanks
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@Edent disappointed to not see “carrier pigeon” as an option 🫤
@jackmcconnell @Edent “Dead drop in the local park” would get my vote
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If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?
(Please don't be a dick in the replies as a muting often ofends.)
@Edent
Liberapay -
What if Mastodon had this button?
(I am not involved in core development. This isn't an official proposal. I'm just noodling about with ideas. Don't shout at me in the comments or get weird.)
@Edent
The technical side of microtransactions is simple - anyone can add a button wherever. Getting a payment processor to perform the actual financial transaction has so far been more or less impossible.The only payment processor that any fraction of people actually use are Visa/MasterCard - and they will change you ~30¢ + %5 per transaction, so you will lose money (be charged more than the tip is worth) on every tip you are sent that's under ~$1.
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@Edent
The technical side of microtransactions is simple - anyone can add a button wherever. Getting a payment processor to perform the actual financial transaction has so far been more or less impossible.The only payment processor that any fraction of people actually use are Visa/MasterCard - and they will change you ~30¢ + %5 per transaction, so you will lose money (be charged more than the tip is worth) on every tip you are sent that's under ~$1.
@duncanlock I don't know where you are in the world, but in the UK and Europe it is free to transfer a single penny to any account.
I use tap-to-pay on low value transactions all the time. I even bought a single apple from a greengrocer once!
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What if Mastodon had this button?
(I am not involved in core development. This isn't an official proposal. I'm just noodling about with ideas. Don't shout at me in the comments or get weird.)
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@janikvonrotz I'm sure it'll be ready just as soon as GNU Hurd is
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@janikvonrotz I'm sure it'll be ready just as soon as GNU Hurd is
@Edent Good things take time
But seriously, I hate paying online no matter the provider. They all suck.I hope for a european, instant, inter-banking payment system / standard / protocol.
