bry
@brykayne
The answer is: Tipping is overdone and annoying. I don’t give a friend $1 when they say something I like. Or If I want to repeat what they said to my friends. Tipping was a great ‘24 fad, we tried it, we had fun, and it’s time to move on. … Unless one of the founders of the several tipping products can prove to me that tipping is really important. I’m open to discussion.
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Nate Maddrey
@nmadd
You’re thinking about tipping within the wrong context Yeah, of course it would be weird to give your friend a dollar every time they said something you liked. But that’s not what’s happening here These are basically micro transactions that get paid out every time you naturally interact with someone through liking, recasting, or whatever Think of it as you’re basically paying a small amount directly to a creator for content that you consume and like On most social media apps, that sort of payment happens implicitly because you’re paying attention to content which lets the creator monetize through ads and other methods. This is just making That payment more explicit
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bry
@brykayne
Fair, helps good creators get paid. - For creators, makes sense. - For people tipping…? Helps keep ads out of the FC feed, but tipping products are replacing “ads” in my feed here.
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Nate Maddrey
@nmadd
Yeah good point I think it’s a good sign that so many people have been tipping (basically serves as a proof of concept) but remains to be seen if it’s sustainable My hunch is that we need to develop some sort of “tipping economy” for it to work in the long run. Not sure exactly what it would look like, but you’re right that there needs to be some reason for people to keep tipping (or sending micro payments)
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