I think I do understand completely, at least what you are trying to get across about the value. I think it has value. My ideas about "progress" are irrelevant in this discussion, I just wanted to share.
Again, I like your idea, I am only challenging it to improve it, not tear it down. I hope others do the same for my ideas!
What I don't understand the technical side, as a dev, it's not coming together for me.
Perhaps you missed that part of the last reply
Can you answer my question about how a person without a hive account can get a tip?
I mean, I could tell you how I would do it (I have used the Youtube API), but it would be ugly. I think you have a better idea, so I would like to learn how that will work, as it seems to be the main benefit here, but I haven't found any information about how you made it work, or plan to make it work.
I think if you are asking for this money, you should tell us how the main functionality will work.
I listened to all the videos, but didn't get any real answers about how that would work.
Anyway, didn't mean to make you salty! Hope my inquisitive nature and desire to make better systems didn't come off the wrong way.
@lightproject
We need to all get together and work on the "Q&A" with videos showing step by step user guides.
I think we have fallen into the trap of "assuming" that everything is clear to everyone, with the fact that we took it for granted that not "everyone" is familiar with Google, Youtube, Twitter etc.
@inthenow, @enginewitty can you and @lightproject get together to fix this gap in the PR.
I am literally going to take a break, you guys in The USA should be awake now. My shift is almost over for the day!
@currentxchange thanks for the heads up. We will get onto it. Time zones and weekends play a role, but it will be taken care of.
Sure, yes looking forward to the docs. I am very familiar with these platforms, just not the linking you will need to make this happen. I had to deal with a less-complicated version of this same problem for my dapp (upcoming version, not the live one). So my questions are more prying.
Just been thinking how this could work...
You could store the 3p handle and the amount of hive in an account until the user claims it, then you would also have to alert the 3p content author by using the logged-in tipper's granted permission to post on the 3p content on their behalf a link to where the person can sign up for Hive. You would then have to query the blockchain (or DB) periodically to see if any of 3p handles have shown up as associated with a hive account, then send them the hive. This would also require the recipient to have your extension, so you can associate their Hive account with the 3p account.
Is this what you plan to do?
Something like the paragraph above was what I was looking for in the proposal / explanation videos and didn't find.
Happy my interaction has helped you communicate you ideas more clearly. Many times I think I am being very clear about mine, when I'm not. I wrote an 80+ page paper about my last project assuming people would actually read it and understand it ha ha ha ha ha, to be young and naive!
Hello Douglas,
When it comes to tip recipients who do not currently own a hive account, they get right away notified in twitter and information on how to get a new hive account is included.
EDIT: Currently there is no such a reference on how to get a HIVE account because of the Twitter max 300 char limitation.
In the meantime, funds stay in the central pool "hivetips.pool" until attestation process is fulfilled.
We will write Q&A on this topic anyways, thanks for pointing this out.
Cheers
Daniel
Thanks for answering my question Daniel.
So is it the same for youtube?
Yes, same process :)
can they just withdraw to bittrex without getting a hive account?
I must admit your question is mindblowing.
YES it is possible. But we never actually thought about it as a possibility. Thanks a lot for such a great idea!
Just popped back in to say that I enjoyed our virtual conversation here, it got me thinking and realizing some things about how we have all been spoiled with the joys of Hive.
It was a pleasure to meet you man, hope we will chat more often. Never know, one day maybe in person, it is a small world.
Cheers.
Yes man, cheers!
Love advancing the web! Apologies I was a bit hard on the project in the beginning. I get it now. Definitely a good step for hive!