Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread Quim Gil
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,

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
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:

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread David Gerard
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

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread Tyler Romeo
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

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread Chad
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,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: Unsolicited digital currency donations

2015-01-09 Thread Brian Wolff
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