▲ 71 ▼ Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com) submitted 3 years ago by gsa32@lemmy.world to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] nicetriangle@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Absolutely! Server donations are good for a single instance but I think a service that allows users to purchase gold/awards and awards the particular instance (with funds) that they get used on would help fund the Fediverse as a whole. I imagine implementing something like that would not be simple but anything is better than injecting ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago I think it should be totally anonymous though because otherwise you go down the road of users with special avatars and good knows what permalink fedilink source parent [–] thanevim@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) implementing something like that would not be simple Especially with the idea that an instance a user calls home/registered on would have to be ok with allowing a donation link to go to the instance that the user you're "gilding" is on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago let's inventing banking again! the bitcoin people are having so much fun doing that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kunic@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago Precisely. They were a fun thing to give out, and directly helped to pay for server time. I even liked how Reddit would tell you how much server time your awards gave to Reddit (which I think they've removed?). permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Kbin already has this covered. We can pay monthly to keep servers running via Patreon and Liberapay. @Ernest has transferred the existing Buy Me A Coffee money over to the server fund and from this point on we really can buy him a beer via Buy Me A Coffee which is cool! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) any particular reason why there are 2 monthly payment options? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well there are 49 subscribed people on patreon totaling $170/month. Lots of people probably already have accounts set up which makes it a very low threshold to join. Meanwhile on librepay, arguably more philosophically suitable, there are 11 subscribers totaling $13/month. Man, considering how many people I have seen saying how great it is to be able to pay, and asserting they are making donations, those are very low numbers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Could be because it is less circulated. I had seen the coffee option previously but didn't realise the other 2 options had been setup until I came across this comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago I think @neshient is likely to be right. IIRC something like 800 people have been donating via Buy Me A Coffee. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago I'm not Ernest but my guess is it gives us greater flexibility? Like, some of us are already active on one or the other of those platforms, plus between them there are lots of different options for amount. I'd never heard of Liberapay but I like how it's a non-profit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 1 point 3 years ago Do not imagine for an instant that if Lemmy/Kbin becomes like Reddit and embraces enshitification that the community will not walk again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tjhart85@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago 100%, but the Federated nature would make this difficult, I'd imagine. I'd love a way to simultaneously: show someone I appreciate their comment Help support an instance Help support KBin development But, outside of crypto, I don't see an easy way to make that happen and doing it through crypto would bring out the crypto bros and mega-anti crypto joe's in about equal numbers, which would suck (plus, who's to say that an instance admin even wants to deal with crypto to collect a few bucks). permalink fedilink source parent [–] falsem@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That was the original pitch for gold on Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Absolutely! Server donations are good for a single instance but I think a service that allows users to purchase gold/awards and awards the particular instance (with funds) that they get used on would help fund the Fediverse as a whole. I imagine implementing something like that would not be simple but anything is better than injecting ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago I think it should be totally anonymous though because otherwise you go down the road of users with special avatars and good knows what permalink fedilink source parent [–] thanevim@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) implementing something like that would not be simple Especially with the idea that an instance a user calls home/registered on would have to be ok with allowing a donation link to go to the instance that the user you're "gilding" is on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago let's inventing banking again! the bitcoin people are having so much fun doing that. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago I think it should be totally anonymous though because otherwise you go down the road of users with special avatars and good knows what permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago I think it should be totally anonymous though because otherwise you go down the road of users with special avatars and good knows what permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thanevim@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) implementing something like that would not be simple Especially with the idea that an instance a user calls home/registered on would have to be ok with allowing a donation link to go to the instance that the user you're "gilding" is on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago let's inventing banking again! the bitcoin people are having so much fun doing that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] density@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago let's inventing banking again! the bitcoin people are having so much fun doing that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kunic@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago Precisely. They were a fun thing to give out, and directly helped to pay for server time. I even liked how Reddit would tell you how much server time your awards gave to Reddit (which I think they've removed?). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Kbin already has this covered. We can pay monthly to keep servers running via Patreon and Liberapay. @Ernest has transferred the existing Buy Me A Coffee money over to the server fund and from this point on we really can buy him a beer via Buy Me A Coffee which is cool! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) any particular reason why there are 2 monthly payment options? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well there are 49 subscribed people on patreon totaling $170/month. Lots of people probably already have accounts set up which makes it a very low threshold to join. Meanwhile on librepay, arguably more philosophically suitable, there are 11 subscribers totaling $13/month. Man, considering how many people I have seen saying how great it is to be able to pay, and asserting they are making donations, those are very low numbers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Could be because it is less circulated. I had seen the coffee option previously but didn't realise the other 2 options had been setup until I came across this comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago I think @neshient is likely to be right. IIRC something like 800 people have been donating via Buy Me A Coffee. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago I'm not Ernest but my guess is it gives us greater flexibility? Like, some of us are already active on one or the other of those platforms, plus between them there are lots of different options for amount. I'd never heard of Liberapay but I like how it's a non-profit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 1 point 3 years ago Do not imagine for an instant that if Lemmy/Kbin becomes like Reddit and embraces enshitification that the community will not walk again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neshient@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) any particular reason why there are 2 monthly payment options? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] density@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well there are 49 subscribed people on patreon totaling $170/month. Lots of people probably already have accounts set up which makes it a very low threshold to join. Meanwhile on librepay, arguably more philosophically suitable, there are 11 subscribers totaling $13/month. Man, considering how many people I have seen saying how great it is to be able to pay, and asserting they are making donations, those are very low numbers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Could be because it is less circulated. I had seen the coffee option previously but didn't realise the other 2 options had been setup until I came across this comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago I think @neshient is likely to be right. IIRC something like 800 people have been donating via Buy Me A Coffee. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago I'm not Ernest but my guess is it gives us greater flexibility? Like, some of us are already active on one or the other of those platforms, plus between them there are lots of different options for amount. I'd never heard of Liberapay but I like how it's a non-profit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] density@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well there are 49 subscribed people on patreon totaling $170/month. Lots of people probably already have accounts set up which makes it a very low threshold to join. Meanwhile on librepay, arguably more philosophically suitable, there are 11 subscribers totaling $13/month. Man, considering how many people I have seen saying how great it is to be able to pay, and asserting they are making donations, those are very low numbers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] neshient@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Could be because it is less circulated. I had seen the coffee option previously but didn't realise the other 2 options had been setup until I came across this comment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago I think @neshient is likely to be right. IIRC something like 800 people have been donating via Buy Me A Coffee. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neshient@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Could be because it is less circulated. I had seen the coffee option previously but didn't realise the other 2 options had been setup until I came across this comment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago I think @neshient is likely to be right. IIRC something like 800 people have been donating via Buy Me A Coffee. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago I'm not Ernest but my guess is it gives us greater flexibility? Like, some of us are already active on one or the other of those platforms, plus between them there are lots of different options for amount. I'd never heard of Liberapay but I like how it's a non-profit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 1 point 3 years ago Do not imagine for an instant that if Lemmy/Kbin becomes like Reddit and embraces enshitification that the community will not walk again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tjhart85@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago 100%, but the Federated nature would make this difficult, I'd imagine. I'd love a way to simultaneously: show someone I appreciate their comment Help support an instance Help support KBin development But, outside of crypto, I don't see an easy way to make that happen and doing it through crypto would bring out the crypto bros and mega-anti crypto joe's in about equal numbers, which would suck (plus, who's to say that an instance admin even wants to deal with crypto to collect a few bucks). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] falsem@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago That was the original pitch for gold on Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent