If you wanted to send me a monetary tip for my excellent Mastodon posts, which platform would you prefer to use?

@Edent

Should blocking cost money (paid to instance mod's)?
Could such a system be abused?

@IvanSanchez I should be able to charge people to reply to me

@Edent What?! Outrageous! In this 43-chained-toots essay I will...

@Edent putting a link on every post gives the impression that every post and every account is a money making opportunity.

Just having a link in a profile or an occasional post is situational, it implies nothing about the overall platform or its incentives.

@Edent

Is ko-fi owned by paypal? I use ko-fi to donate to my mastodon instance toot.community. Unlike PayPal, it doesn't bombard me with promotional emails. And it doesn't charge a fee on donations to the recipient unlike PayPal

@thezenlady ah! They've changed. They used to only accept PayPal. Looks like they now accept some credit cards.

@Edent @cdonat

Maybe. But then your solution space is empty.

@Edent
Yes I use a credit card for my donations via Ko-fi - I avoid PayPal whenever possible

@Edent I'm confused by the concept of paying/tipping for a particular post. I can't think of a single interaction I've had which would cross that threshold where I feel their comment or assistance was sufficiently helpful or valuable to me to send money.

But maybe something to tip instance admins?

@Edent We already have this it's called 10grans

@scathach Not sure I understand you. What is that?

@Edent I think it would be huge for folks who are often de-platformed because of their art or job, but I think we'd have to be _really_ careful with the potential for scams and malicious implementations because of the decentralized nature of the Fedi. Might need some form of mutual vouching or other safeguards against fraud...

@Edent As loathe as PayPal is, I already have it, it's convenient, and reasonably trustworthy.

If there was some sort of trustworthy "put $X in a pool each month and then tip as I browse around, and at the end of the month, divide up that $X pool by all the places I've tipped" sort of solution, it would feel more natural and help mitigate runaway costs. (if I don't want to spend more than $X/month, I don't have to think about whether I've somehow accrued 3× that amount because of extra appreciation)

There were some platforms that tried this, but I haven't heard how they're doing or how widely they're supported.

@Edent@mastodon.social Other: Zeffy

@driusan is that for non-profits only, or am I misunderstanding it?

@Edent@mastodon.social Oh, that might be true. Maybe it wouldn't work.. I just like it because instead of taking x% off of every transaction, all the money goes to the recipient and it has an option to give a donation to fund Zeffy.

@Edent @DamonHD ko-fi (and gh sponsors and liberapay and...) also support (only) using stripe

@Edent In reply to your first question: Liberapay.
I wouldn't like it in the normal post overview, but on the profile, for sure.

@Radgryd Your wish is my command!
https://liberapay.com/edent

@Edent That picture is giving metal concert!