I think this is a great idea. It could be called Give NOW or just GIVE or something. The single big satisfying button is such a stupid, great concept. The gamification aspect is good, but more importantly reducing the barrier to donating small amounts of money more often seems like a great thing to me. Often times the biggest barrier to donating more sadly is the inconvenience of doing so. Whipping our your phone, opening up GIVE and tapping the big button a few times encourages more donations and gives you that self-satisfying boost that pressing a big button and getting immediate feedback gives you these days. The social-cuing is a bonus too (and this seems far more adoptable than veganism for obvious reasons).
I’d be interested in working on this. I work in enterprise application development and have TypeScript and React Native w/ Firebase experience and have built and deployed a toy app to the Apple app store before (no real Android experience though). I’d be particularly interested in working on the front-end design if someone else wants to collaborate on the back-end services we’d need to set up (payment system; auth; storage; etc.). Maybe reply here if you’d be interested?
I would be interested in working on this with you. I’m in college for CS, and I have what I’m pretty sure is enough backend experience (and some frontend) to pull this off with you. I’ve never dealt with financial services before, but I’ve looked into payment processing a little bit and it doesn’t seem too complicated.
Anyway, if you’d like, DM me and maybe we can find a time to chat.
Yay! Thanks! I imagine the back-end services part is going to be the trickiest part. Maybe I should post on Bountied Rationality or EA forum looking for someone to collaborate with you.
Hey! I’d be interested in working on this. My suggestion would be to use Flutter for front-end (React Native is perfectly fine as well, though) and especially to utilize an API like Pledge’s one for back-end (as they’ve solved the tough parts of the donation process already and they don’t really have any service fees when it comes to this use case). Coincidentally, I have roughly 10 years of experience of hobbyist game design, so we could think about adding e.g. prosocial features and mechanics down the line if you’re interested.
Nice! You both should check out this thread if you haven’t already, and see if there are other people to possibly coordinate with. Also lots of good advice in there about the main difficulties, e.g. app store policies.
I’m aware of the thread and I believe that we’d be able to solve the policy issues. Using an existing API like the Pledge’s one mentioned above would be my strong recommendation, given that they indeed handle the heavy parts of the donation process. It would make dealing with the policies of the app stores a breeze compared to making the back-end from scratch, as in that case there would be a rather huge workload in dealing with the heavy (although necessary) bureaucracy.
It would be nice if we started coordinating the development somehow. I would start with a central hub where all the comms would take place so that the discussion wouldn’t become scattered and hard to follow. Maybe something like semi-open Slack or Discord server for more instant and spontaneous messaging and all the fancy extra features?
These all seem like great ideas! I think a Discord server sounds great. I know that @Aaron F was expressing interest here and on EA, I think, so a group of us starting to show interest might benefit from some centralized place to chat like you said.
I got unexpectedly busy with some work stuff, so I’m not sure I’m the best to coordinate/ring lead, but I’m happy to pitch in however/whenever I can! Definitely open to learning some new things (like Flutter) too.
Whatever you think is best! I don’t have anything to contribute to the development except vision and money, but I’ll check in as needed to answer questions about those things.
I think this is a great idea. It could be called Give NOW or just GIVE or something. The single big satisfying button is such a stupid, great concept. The gamification aspect is good, but more importantly reducing the barrier to donating small amounts of money more often seems like a great thing to me. Often times the biggest barrier to donating more sadly is the inconvenience of doing so. Whipping our your phone, opening up GIVE and tapping the big button a few times encourages more donations and gives you that self-satisfying boost that pressing a big button and getting immediate feedback gives you these days. The social-cuing is a bonus too (and this seems far more adoptable than veganism for obvious reasons).
I’d be interested in working on this. I work in enterprise application development and have TypeScript and React Native w/ Firebase experience and have built and deployed a toy app to the Apple app store before (no real Android experience though). I’d be particularly interested in working on the front-end design if someone else wants to collaborate on the back-end services we’d need to set up (payment system; auth; storage; etc.). Maybe reply here if you’d be interested?
I would be interested in working on this with you. I’m in college for CS, and I have what I’m pretty sure is enough backend experience (and some frontend) to pull this off with you. I’ve never dealt with financial services before, but I’ve looked into payment processing a little bit and it doesn’t seem too complicated.
Anyway, if you’d like, DM me and maybe we can find a time to chat.
Yay! Thanks! I imagine the back-end services part is going to be the trickiest part. Maybe I should post on Bountied Rationality or EA forum looking for someone to collaborate with you.
Go for it! I’m not on either of those forums explicitly, but happy to collaborate :)
Hey! I’d be interested in working on this. My suggestion would be to use Flutter for front-end (React Native is perfectly fine as well, though) and especially to utilize an API like Pledge’s one for back-end (as they’ve solved the tough parts of the donation process already and they don’t really have any service fees when it comes to this use case). Coincidentally, I have roughly 10 years of experience of hobbyist game design, so we could think about adding e.g. prosocial features and mechanics down the line if you’re interested.
Nice! You both should check out this thread if you haven’t already, and see if there are other people to possibly coordinate with. Also lots of good advice in there about the main difficulties, e.g. app store policies.
Thanks for the reply!
I’m aware of the thread and I believe that we’d be able to solve the policy issues. Using an existing API like the Pledge’s one mentioned above would be my strong recommendation, given that they indeed handle the heavy parts of the donation process. It would make dealing with the policies of the app stores a breeze compared to making the back-end from scratch, as in that case there would be a rather huge workload in dealing with the heavy (although necessary) bureaucracy.
It would be nice if we started coordinating the development somehow. I would start with a central hub where all the comms would take place so that the discussion wouldn’t become scattered and hard to follow. Maybe something like semi-open Slack or Discord server for more instant and spontaneous messaging and all the fancy extra features?
How about a private channel in the EA Anywhere slack workspace (https://join.slack.com/t/eavirtualmeetupgroup/shared_invite/zt-1vi3r6c9d-gwT_7dQwMGoo~7cU1JH0XQ)? We can also mention the project in their software engineering channel and see if anyone else wants to work with us.
If this sounds good, join the workspace and then DM me (Aaron Fink) and I’ll add you to a channel.
These all seem like great ideas! I think a Discord server sounds great. I know that @Aaron F was expressing interest here and on EA, I think, so a group of us starting to show interest might benefit from some centralized place to chat like you said.
I got unexpectedly busy with some work stuff, so I’m not sure I’m the best to coordinate/ring lead, but I’m happy to pitch in however/whenever I can! Definitely open to learning some new things (like Flutter) too.
Whatever you think is best! I don’t have anything to contribute to the development except vision and money, but I’ll check in as needed to answer questions about those things.