Why cant we tip others in bitcoin in the bitcoin forum?

[TheButterZone]

No private keys out of the owners' control, EVER!

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Lol, I don't think anyone here is interested in tipping anyone else.  With exceptions, of course.  I did tip someone who gave me a tutorial on how to do a screen shot copy/paste thing, and I did so because he had his bitcoin addy in his profile.

It would be nice to have a tip bot, I think.  I just don't think people here are going to give up their precious bitcoins.  And most of the posting here is shit anyway.

[ColderThanIce]

Lol, I don't think anyone here is interested in tipping anyone else.  With exceptions, of course.  I did tip someone who gave me a tutorial on how to do a screen shot copy/paste thing, and I did so because he had his bitcoin addy in his profile.

It would be nice to have a tip bot, I think.  I just don't think people here are going to give up their precious bitcoins.  And most of the posting here is shit anyway.

To add onto that, I don't think the work required to implement a tipping function would be worth the usage it would see. People scarcely give out tips, unless they open up a bounty thread to have their question answered quickly.

I think theymos already chimed in on this topic a few months ago, and isn't interested in implementing this feature mainly because it would make the forum liable for any lost funds, which is understandable.

[notlist3d]

Lol, I don't think anyone here is interested in tipping anyone else.  With exceptions, of course.  I did tip someone who gave me a tutorial on how to do a screen shot copy/paste thing, and I did so because he had his bitcoin addy in his profile.

It would be nice to have a tip bot, I think.  I just don't think people here are going to give up their precious bitcoins.  And most of the posting here is shit anyway.

This is very much true people see help as free with it being a forum.  I have been a member for years and I think I have had 2-3 who wanted to help tip (I don't think I accepted either though).   I have even used teamviewer and helped remote with miners... and no tip.

It just has become part of the culture really that help is free in a lot of cases.   I use a signature campaign as I gain a little something for helping and posting.  But it does not compare to say if I would have taken those times helping and actually did real work.   But I enjoy helping so I will continue to do it.  I also don't spam or push people to tip either some might have had tip's if doing this.  I just don't want to be that guy who helps then throws up a BTC address.... as I enjoy helping honestly even if there are no tips.

[omegaaf]

I totally object to this idea!   Why?! 

Just check how many accounts get hacked?  The fact that there are coins in them is not going to be cool.

Accounts getting hacked and a bitcoin wallet getting hacked are two different issues.
Even if your account get's hacked they could have a pin number to be able to tip coin so a hacker might have the account but not the pin.
I think tipping on the forum is a great idea. I don't understand why most of you disagree

[omegaaf]

Lol, I don't think anyone here is interested in tipping anyone else.  With exceptions, of course.  I did tip someone who gave me a tutorial on how to do a screen shot copy/paste thing, and I did so because he had his bitcoin addy in his profile.

It would be nice to have a tip bot, I think.  I just don't think people here are going to give up their precious bitcoins.  And most of the posting here is shit anyway.

I do a lot of reading here. I would tip quite often 1 cent 2 cents maybe 5 cents. Depends on how much I learnt from the post.