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?
(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 My concern is how involving payment processors would entail new levels of regulation and oversight, and in turn how that might decrease privacy and contribute to censorship and deplatforming.
These are nebulous gut concerns. The devil would lie in the details.
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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
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@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
@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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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 I think we a standard for this across the whole Fediverse. I need it for Manyfold, and Bandcamp, Castopod and many more would want it too.
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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?
@Edent As I understand it, yes. It is like with cash.
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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.)
Payment processor fees would eat it
When someone sends me 1€ for wafrn, I recive like 68 cents approx.
30 cents + 2% approx.
2€? 1.68
3€? 2.67
Like that.
Unless its more than 3€ you are paying money to paypal or mastercard
#Its-one-more-or-less-cent #but-this-post-is-serious-ish #so-no-joke-numbers-sorry -
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 I would be very strongly against that. Incentivising people to make particularly notable posts will encourage all sorts of bad actors to post inflammatory and untrue rubbish.
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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 I would like this as a feature, but I wouldnt like to see it as prominently as that. Maybe by clicking on someone's profile.
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@Edent As I understand it, yes. It is like with cash.
@itsFriday ah, that's a shame.
It also looks like the merchant gets no info about the customer - which might also be problematic if an individual/company is sanctioned.sanctioned
I'm sure it is a technically clever system, but doesn't seem to meet user needs. -
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 Not a fan. Monetization and tipping are the opposite I want from mastodon
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@Edent I think we a standard for this across the whole Fediverse. I need it for Manyfold, and Bandcamp, Castopod and many more would want it too.
@floppy a standard for the button, or a standard payment system, or a standard back-end?
All gets complex quickly!
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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 reminds me of the original goal of https://www.axate.com/ which provided APIs for micro transactions for news sites.
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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.)
unless you have a magic way to bypass any payment processor fees then that proposal goes straight to trash, because with small amounts you just give money to paypal/credit card companies/stripe/whatever payment processor exists
not to mention it would probably be a headache to setup for some admins
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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 Credit card payment facilitated by something as easy as Apple Pay and as trusted as a UK or EU business. I wouldn't want some US bank or business screwing this up.
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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 GNU Taler would be cool!
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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 With minimal effort, eg Google Wallet or via direct payment link / QR code to a UK/EU bank.
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@floppy a standard for the button, or a standard payment system, or a standard back-end?
All gets complex quickly!
@Edent it’s definitely a complex problem but we need to come up with a way to do it, I think.
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@Edent GNU Taler would be cool!
@jak2k do you use Taler?
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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.)
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@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!
@Edent @duncanlock Pretty sure there would be a merchant fee and the shop just ate it
