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

@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.

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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@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.

@Edent

(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=paypal

kofi
https://img.shields.io/badge/kofi-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=kofi

liberapay
https://img.shields.io/badge/librapay-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=liberapay

open collective
https://img.shields.io/badge/opencollective-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=opencollective

cashapp
https://img.shields.io/badge/cashapp-donate-pink?style=for-the-badge&logo=cashapp

@Edent disappointed to not see “carrier pigeon” as an option 🫤

@ret @Edent there would defenitely be option in UI to disable it. But it could bring more content.

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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What if Mastodon had this button?

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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.

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@Edent Really depends on the payment provider. If only we already had #gnutaler aka the global payment system that we were denied.

@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.

@janikvonrotz @Edent GNU Taler is here - I already did some donations with it.

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@itsFriday @Edent More details! How did you add talers with your bank?

@janikvonrotz @Edent It is possible with https://taler-ops.ch and a swiss bank account. It has some rough edges but works fine.

Here is a good article (in German) for an easy start: https://gnulinux.ch/gnu-taler-mit-echtgeld-ausprobiert-teil-1

What if Mastodon had this button?

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@itsFriday thanks! The website says it is "immune to chargeback fraud". Does that mean if I pay with Taler and the merchant doesn't deliver, I cannot do a chargeback?

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