90 sats \ 4 replies \ @based 18 Apr 2022 \ on: Ask SN - option to split tips meta
Isn't the most obvious and simple solution adequate; content creators with an interest in SN posts here?
Yes but often a creator will forget to post here or the poster feels weird about receiving tips so maybe they forward to HRF’s account.
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this idea of splitting payments is interesting, but it really does introduce a lot more complexity to the site in the way it’s being described in this thread. i think @based has a really good point.
splits would need to be shown on the main page, would create more clutter, and new fields that users would need to enter in order to create splits.
what if the person i want to split with doesn’t have a lightning address? what if they’re not a SN user? it’s a painful process to try and find someone’s lightning address by contacting them on email/twitter just so i can split 50 sats with them.
what if people start creating lightning addresses to impersonate people in attempts to attract more boosts? would stacker news verify lightning addresses belonging to certain prominent individuals?
here’s a simple solution that might help stacker news attract & support bitcoin developers, while also letting users split boosts with bitcoin devs.
any bitcoin devs who have contributed to bitcoin or lightning protocols via the mailing list can opt-in for a stacker news grant, by becoming SN users.
any SN users that want to share a % of their boosts with bitcoin developers can do so with zero overhead costs, and in a single setting change on their profile page.
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Scammers impersonating other people would not be solver by Bitcoin neither stacker news, you must accept that is something that is going to happen whatever you do.
Also splitting should be automatic to make the process easier. If an address isn't found, then the amount is divided among those address working.
- Someone post content and the address of the creator.
- someone respond by "tip 100"
- 100 sats are send to that direction.
- If more than one address is posted, then tip is splitted between the number of address.
- if one address fail, payment es splited to the others ones working.
The part about splitting should be the more complex. Eventually could be simplified by "tip 100" where 100 sats are sent to every address.
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fair points. we are still so early.... :)
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