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I am having a total mental block trying to recall the name of the "Donate people money through Twitter" service that was on HN a few times, but I think this is what he meant when he said "Do not take payments lightly."

[Edited to add: Tipjoy. I knew it was T-something but I ran through about 15 combinations of Twit-X before realizing that it was not from that naming convention.]



They were a YC company, weren't they? Ivan and Abby?


They were. Ivan's now at Facebook, where everyone assumes he's working on Facebook Payments. Abby's probably doing something even cooler, although IDK.

BTW, Tipjoy never held the money; they were just a front-end for PayPal, so they didn't have the issues that Fundable apparently is having.


Tipjoy never held the money

That does not match with my understanding of their business model.

http://tipjoy.com/faq

Look for their instructions on, e.g., cashing out.


I guess I only read it early on and didn't see the change. Building a totally new payment system is actually rather impressive.




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