I'm going to start doing some user research for #ActivityBot. I'd like to pay participants £20 / €20 for an hour of their time.
This has to be a voucher (no cash or cash-like cards) so which would you prefer?
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Woo! It's now official 😊
I'm getting some grant funding to further develop #ActivityBot.
If you have any feature requests or suggestions - or just want to build your own ActivityPub bot - check out https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot
@Edent I voted books, but https://uk.bookshop.org/gift_cards rather than Kobo perhaps?
@Edent I voted books, but https://uk.bookshop.org/gift_cards rather than Kobo perhaps?
@Edent the Office for National Statistics, when they do surveys, give you one of these vouchers -- https://www.pluxee.uk/products/evouchers/ -- which the recipient can then choose from a bunch of different stores and restaurants and such. I turned mine into an M&S one one time and had a lovely dinner :)
No idea whether you have to buy 10,000 at a time or something, mind, or whether it'd work for you, but I found it useful, and the ONS presumably (hopefully?) did at least some due diligence on them being OK :)
@Edent Amazon voucher might have the widest appeal, unless you prefer not to support that company
@Edent een kadobon, maar let op geldigheidsduur: https://blog.gifty.nl/cadeaubonnen-wat-je-moet-weten-over-geldigheid-en-vervaldatum/
@wiert I don't really understand what you're trying to say, sorry. It is up to a recipient if they don't want to spend it in time.
@Edent sorry, thought you were Dutch. People are bad at remembering expiry dates, especially when they are years in the future. Luckily, there are still a few Dutch gift cards that don't expire.
@Edent guessing something electronic to keep your logistics reasonable? How about https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/ (covers £ and €) which would cover physical books (and maybe some eBooks options?)
@Edent Does GoG have vouchers?
@Edent Sorry for straying a bit from the actual question but I'd participate without compensation. Also if you insist on money changing owner how about having an option to designate a donation instead of personally receiving compensation?
If those are somehow not compatible with the procedure excuse my disruption. 😅
@kraftner donating to charity becomes a bit complex tax wise - especially if the charity doesn't have a presence in the UK.
As I'm receiving money to run this, I think it's only fair I compensate participants for their time.
@Edent Oh sure, I never meant it wouldn't be fair to compensate it. In fact I think it is great and the right thing to do since obviously not everyone has the privilege to offer an hour of their time for free. And I of course didn't think about the complications of tax. 🙄
So, sorry for the noise, I just voted. 😇
