Heroku is now the top giver on Gittip

https://www.gittip.com/heroku/

by whit537 • 13 years ago

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richo2• 13 years ago

Is it optional to show who you tip? I'm curious about who's contributions they're thanking.

I'm guessing the people who've written the FOSS heroku runs on, but very curious.

whit5379• 13 years ago

Nope. It was a very early design decision that gifts on Gittip are anonymous in the particulars. The idea was to remove the "why did you unfriend me?" awkwardness that only gets compounded if money is involved. We want gifts on Gittip to be no-strings-attached for both sides.

With companies coming on board, we may have to rethink this a bit. Fortunately there are some features in the pipeline that I think will address this. If you want to dive in:

https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/449

richo2• 13 years ago

Cheers. It's a totally reasonable decision, and I agree with it generally- except in cases like this.

I'll have a look through this issue and articulate my stance if it's not already represented.

mmahemoff• 13 years ago

It might be cool to provide some anonymised trend indications, ie people in this industry are tipping these kinds of projects.

I realise the volume is probably too small now to make any reports truly anonymous, but would be fascinating to see in the future.

kenko2• 13 years ago

"With companies coming on board, we may have to rethink this a bit. "

Why?

mahmoudimus• 13 years ago

This is an amazing milestone for Gittip. Congrats Chad & team!

whit5379• 13 years ago

Thanks mahmoudimus! :D

lost-theory• 13 years ago

Great! I hope more companies start using Gittip. All companies built on FOSS should think of tithing this way.

etrain• 13 years ago

That is one of the most affordable (and presumably useful) recruiting vectors I've ever seen.

lnanek2• 13 years ago

Not just recruiting, they are a hosting company, it gets the attention of people who might host with them. Much like you can follow tons of people on Twitter to trigger new follower messages to many, who may check out who you are.

loceng• 13 years ago

Cost of leads is possibly much lower than competing on search phrases.

rdl• 13 years ago

I wonder how many companies donate to projects as a recruiting strategy, vs. general corporate, or brand, or whatever. Seems like it makes a lot of sense.

jorde• 13 years ago

Heroku also sponsored Andrew Godwin's Django Migrations Kickstarter project with a hefty sum. I'm happy to see them constantly giving back to the community.

Heroku is now the top giver on Gittip

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