Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Brian Wolff bawo...@gmail.com wrote: (Personally i think the tipping for commits is an interesting idea. Although tiping for bugs would seem better as those are concrete issues where a commit could be anything. From tipping to bounties and even internships, mixing money with altruism has always its risks, although perhaps one day someone will find a reproducible formula... A couple of legit links for those interested in this topic: https://gratipay.com/for/mediawiki/ (actual tipping in the MediaWiki community) https://secure.phabricator.com/fund/ (prototype Phabricator app, imagine if it could be connected with the WMF backends) PS: some context for this post: it's Friday afternoon, don't take it too seriously. :) ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
Website garnering registrations by donating few cents of dollar for each merged commit. They started a while ago but looks like it's expanding. Just FYI in case you've not received one yet. Nemo Messaggio inoltrato Oggetto:You received a tip for your commit Data: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:36:52 + Hello, Federico Leva! You were tipped 0.11 XPM for your commit on Project wikimedia/mediawiki. Please, log in and tell us your primecoin address to get it. Your current balance is 0.11 XPM. If you don't enter a primecoin address your tips will be returned to the project in 30 days. Sign In Thanks for contributing to Open Source! ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
Yes. 1. penny-shavings for commits sets up terrible motivations. 2. these people are claiming money in developers' names without permission. 3. there's no evidence the whole thing isn't the scam it looks like. On 9 January 2015 at 08:18, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: Link for those interested: http://prime4commit.com/projects/208 I really dislike these kinds of sites. It’d be one thing if it was just donations, but developers can claim their tips and basically get paid for each commit, and it rubs me the wrong way gameifying our volunteer community like that. Then again, it’s just my opinion. -- Tyler Romeo 0x405D34A7C86B42DF On January 9, 2015 at 03:10:35, Federico Leva (Nemo) (nemow...@gmail.com) wrote: Website garnering registrations by donating few cents of dollar for each merged commit. They started a while ago but looks like it's expanding. Just FYI in case you've not received one yet. Nemo Messaggio inoltrato Oggetto: You received a tip for your commit Data: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:36:52 + Hello, Federico Leva! You were tipped 0.11 XPM for your commit on Project wikimedia/mediawiki. Please, log in and tell us your primecoin address to get it. Your current balance is 0.11 XPM. If you don't enter a primecoin address your tips will be returned to the project in 30 days. Sign In Thanks for contributing to Open Source! ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
Link for those interested: http://prime4commit.com/projects/208 I really dislike these kinds of sites. It’d be one thing if it was just donations, but developers can claim their tips and basically get paid for each commit, and it rubs me the wrong way gameifying our volunteer community like that. Then again, it’s just my opinion. -- Tyler Romeo 0x405D34A7C86B42DF On January 9, 2015 at 03:10:35, Federico Leva (Nemo) (nemow...@gmail.com) wrote: Website garnering registrations by donating few cents of dollar for each merged commit. They started a while ago but looks like it's expanding. Just FYI in case you've not received one yet. Nemo Messaggio inoltrato Oggetto: You received a tip for your commit Data: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:36:52 + Hello, Federico Leva! You were tipped 0.11 XPM for your commit on Project wikimedia/mediawiki. Please, log in and tell us your primecoin address to get it. Your current balance is 0.11 XPM. If you don't enter a primecoin address your tips will be returned to the project in 30 days. Sign In Thanks for contributing to Open Source! ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using AMPGpg ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
On Fri Jan 09 2015 at 12:10:39 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Website garnering registrations by donating few cents of dollar for each merged commit. They started a while ago but looks like it's expanding. Just FYI in case you've not received one yet. Nemo Keep calm, mark as spam, carry on. -Chad ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations
Your current balance is 0.11 XPM. Woo, a whole eighth of a cent (USD). Soon you'll be able to buy a little pseudo-brass token, then a private floating island! (Personally i think the tipping for commits is an interesting idea. Although tiping for bugs would seem better as those are concrete issues where a commit could be anything. But this is literally throwing pennies at people, except pennies are more valuable. Requiring people to claim in 30 days, especially when the user hasnt opted in to recieve tips, seems sketchy). --bawolff ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
