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Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
Quoting: TheSHEEEPWhat share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
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Arehandoro May 4, 2021
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: TheSHEEEPWhat share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
I'd be happy to change from PayPal to LiberaPay, do you guys have planned including the benefits from Patreon and the "Supporter Plus" badge for LiberaPay users at some point?
* I remember there were some benefits for Patreon users, but correct me if wrong :)
Quoting: ArehandoroAfraid not, Liberapay is anonymous.Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: TheSHEEEPWhat share of donations do the different platforms actually take?Direct Stripe payments on Liberapay probably gives us the best rate. Direct to PayPal next, then Patreon. Patreon though gives us the stability.
Or, in other words, which one is the most "efficient"?
I'd be happy to change from PayPal to LiberaPay, do you guys have planned including the benefits from Patreon and the "Supporter Plus" badge for LiberaPay users at some point?
* I remember there were some benefits for Patreon users, but correct me if wrong :)
Quoting: GuestIf you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Quoting: Liam DaweLiberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
Arehandoro May 4, 2021
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: GuestIf you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Quoting: Liam DaweLiberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
You can still see the account ID from the donation in liberapay, isn't it? Wouldn't be possible to map the account ID, if a user wants, to the user in GOL? If the user does not have the real name in GOL or LiberaPay the donation would still be anonymous.
There must be a way I reckon. I donate, without PayPal, via LiberaPay to Codeberg and they use that payment for my membership.
Quoting: ArehandoroNope. We don't get an ID details on Stripe for Liberapay.Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: GuestIf you use PayPal then yes, of course it does, you can't do anonymous on PayPal. Stripe still goes through Liberapay, we don't see any user details through it.Quoting: Liam DaweLiberapay is anonymous.It used to be anonymous when they were still working with Mangopay, but during my last tests the actual Stripe/PayPal payments gave away the donor identity.
This is one of the reasons I left Liberapay.
You can still see the account ID from the donation in liberapay, isn't it? Wouldn't be possible to map the account ID, if a user wants, to the user in GOL? If the user does not have the real name in GOL or LiberaPay the donation would still be anonymous.
There must be a way I reckon. I donate, without PayPal, via LiberaPay to Codeberg and they use that payment for my membership.
I quit Patreon all those years back after the small donations 'scandal'. Can I ask: Is it dumb to still be sore about that? I felt like they never acknowledged _what_ actually was bad about what they did. Instead they just reversed course and a month later tried to joke about it, like 'oopsie haha!'
(Also: PayPal is Peter Thiel. F that guy. Seriously.)
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