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0 pointspbreit11y ago0 comments

Opt-in would kill the project. But I think they could do opt-out if they were a LOT more sensitive to their constituents.

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ketralnis11y ago

If opt-in would kill your project, it's probably a bad project. Much in the same way that if your business can't survive without exploiting people, it's a bad business.

benologist11y ago

Opt-in doesn't mean they couldn't inform projects when someone actually wants to donate. First donation just needs to be framed as an invitation to use tip4commit with no being a valid (and default) option.

sjs38211y ago

Why would being opt-in kill the project?

pbreitOP11y ago

Because instead of having a million projects, you'd have 3. The power of defaults and opt-out is pretty well-understood to the point I'd call it non-controversial.

spacefight11y ago

So what? That is a typical use case for an opt-in platform with possible good outcomes. If you do it opt-out, it's unsolicited, unwelcomed and just badly setup. This discussion and the one on Github itself is a perfect example why.

You can't blame someone else for not having a responsible (e.g. opt-in) growth engine...

sjs38211y ago

They would have projects from people who are interested in their services, and interested in having them accept money on the projects behalf. If that number is 3, so be it.

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ketralnis11y ago

If opt-in would kill your project, it's probably a bad project. Much in the same way that if your business can't survive without exploiting people, it's a bad business.

benologist11y ago

sjs38211y ago

Why would being opt-in kill the project?

pbreitOP11y ago

Because instead of having a million projects, you'd have 3. The power of defaults and opt-out is pretty well-understood to the point I'd call it non-controversial.

spacefight11y ago

You can't blame someone else for not having a responsible (e.g. opt-in) growth engine...

sjs38211y ago

They would have projects from people who are interested in their services, and interested in having them accept money on the projects behalf. If that number is 3, so be it.

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