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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@jalict what's more likely - people installing a browser extension or having direct link in the UI?
@Edent 100% direct link
My suggestion wasn't to imply a more effective solution.
I am mostly suggesting as having it directly integrated into Mastodon would make Mastodon a viable place for commercial products to live.. And I would argue that that's one of the core issues of other problems in terms of advertisement pollution.
Perhaps that is a completely different conversation though!
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I actually think a one-off donation method would be nice. Sometimes the monthly defaults for Patreon and the like puts off people, especially in this time of cost of living crises.
Lots of things I'd love to donate to but I can't do subscriptions ATM because I forget about them.
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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 don't see how that would work for "mastodon" as a whole. maybe individual servers might like to get into bed with a payment processor, but "Mastodon"?
Might as well ask if we'd like a "reverse global warming" button. sure, that would be useful. But. But.
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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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@Edent I'm afraid integrating something like this into the platform would lead to perverse incentives like monetization, bots, bait posting, influencer culture and a lot of the capitalist nonsense that has destroyed mainstream social media.
I think it's fine to ask for tips or donations or aid in a post but where the actual platform is concerned we need to remember the medium is the message. We don't want the message of Mastodon to be "every post can make you money."
@krapp I'm curious. What do you think the difference is between having a link in a profile and a link on every post?
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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 I think github sponsorships took no comission? Otherwise some kind of direct bank trasfer.
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@maexchen1 @cdonat
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@Edent @neil this is “one of those things”… stripe/paypal have 30c+3% per transaction
So if you want to handle microtipping, you need someone to hold onto the tips and then pool them together to have a “payment consolidation” period… or escrow style.
A lot of trust plus dealing with taxes and international currencies and exchange rates etc etc.
And I dislike blockchain….. but as a concept, I’d love the idea of content creators getting paid.. but maybe patreon is a better option for creators.
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@shlee @Edent @Nymnympseudonymm It is a cool blogging engine with subscription features, for sure, but it doesn't replace the need for a payment processor?
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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 that plus a button that means you no longer have to put these disclaimers at the bottom of your posts
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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
Should blocking cost money (paid to instance mod's)?
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@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
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@IvanSanchez I should be able to charge people to reply to me
@Edent What?! Outrageous! In this 43-chained-toots essay I will...
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@krapp I'm curious. What do you think the difference is between having a link in a profile and a link on every post?
@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.
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@thezenlady what do you like about Ko-Fi compared to plain PayPal?
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
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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.
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@cdonat literally zero people use that. Anything which requires installing yet another app is a non-starter.
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@thezenlady ah! They've changed. They used to only accept PayPal. Looks like they now accept some credit cards.
@Edent
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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'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?
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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 We already have this it's called 10grans
