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@Kurozatorumary That way a scammer must put real effort in just to be banned after the 1st time scamming. Thats not worth it for most people
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@Louis_45 I see what you mean, BUT. I feel like the effort they would have to put in would be equal to or greater than the amount they would scam in the end unless they were offering to pricesplit for a really premium avatar. I feel like the idea still has merit.
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Oh pfft i thought you were disagreeing w/ me... disregard the first and last sentence.
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@Kurozatorumary No my english is just sometimes overcomplicated. Have a great day ^^
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maybe we could set up a paypal account, and then whoever is willing can put themselves up to manage it but we have to vote to decide who we trust the most. Then when we want to contribute to the fund we inbox that person and exchange details. Then maybe once a month or so we they tally up the funds and then we vote on what assets we want to use it on.
And then after a couple of months we could vote once again to elect a new person to manage it.
Now i haven't thought this completely through so feel free to point out problems with this.
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Having the account be managed by a new person every few months might raise the chances of someone running off with the funds though
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That always a possibility. But I imagine no one is gonna manage it indefinitely, and it gonna have to change hands at some point. In lieu of an automatic secure system it's the only thing i could think of. I mean we could just vote the same person to continue if we are happy and they are happy.
Also it couldn't be just a newb to the site, you'd have to be known long time member.
It's more for people who have only a bit of disposable money, to pool small amounts to enough to get maybe one model or outfit that's not too likely to be shared otherwise. Maybe just each person contribute $1 or $2 or the equivalent in their currency. It's not like they'd be running off with thousands. -
Yeah I think if we don’t hold too much money in there at once just in case, it might work
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My initial plan was to automate the majority of this by hosting a new website as a service. Various groups of people would be interested in different avatars and sign up for one, once the avatar's payment was made, everyone who contributed to its funding (or is in that group (not sure yet?? - give your ideas)) would receive the avatar. You are correct though; this does require a middleman to buy the avatar.
i'm more concerned about it actually working, creators are able to block certain paypal accounts / emails from buying their goods, correct?
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@CodeAngel Yes the blocking of paypal accounts or emails could be a very real problem but it is pretty easy to get around by using single use credit cards for every payment & different emails.
I would suggest that every one which helped raising funds receives the asset but that it get's publicly released on here after 1 month for example.