There's a problem in the D economic system

[rikki cattermole]

On 24/07/2019 11:05 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 10:49:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 at 10:34:57 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> And knowing all this, it never occurred to anyone to set up a sound 
>>> and transparent payment system? It wasn't until a company approached 
>>> you that you figured out that it might be a good idea?
>>
>> I don't know what you're going on about. The D Foundation has been 
>> paying people through multiple methods for a while now, using whatever 
>> transfer system charges the smallest amount of fees in the recipient's 
>> country. We don't need a bounty system to pay people. The bounty 
>> system is just to track how much money is associated with a specific 
>> issue.
>>
>> Again, no one was taking advantage of the old system. Click on that 
>> bounty source link earlier in the thread and see how old many of those 
>> issues are. When fundraising options first fell on my plate, I didn't 
>> consider a new bounty system a priority because the old one never met 
>> its potential and there was never a clamour from the community for a 
>> new one. But if a company is willing to throw money at bugzilla 
>> issues, of course we're going to facilitate it. And rather than limit 
>> it to just that company, we're setting up a new system to let everyone 
>> participate.
>>
>> If you think I screwed up by not starting a bounty system sooner, 
>> that's fine. But at least get your criticism on target.
> 
> First, I don't think you "screwed up" personally. It's a structural 
> issue within the DLF. Someone sets up a bounty system that is not used, 
> because people don't really know about it.

It was well known at the time.

> I couldn't find a prominent 
> link to it on dlang.org. Is there one? If yes, my bad that I didn't spot 
> it.

You won't. It never graduated the initial advertisement stage because 
nobody was putting money into it (in amounts that mattered).

There is a lot more money flowing around now (partly because of 
Symmetry) then there was when bountysource was last tried.