I don't like it. Case in point, I have "$168" in my tipjoy from people who have "promised". But only $11 has actually been followed through on.
But if you look up the public information, what does it say? $168. It'd be very easy to make it look like random people were getting MASSIVE donations just by.. promising a whole lot and then not delivering.
All our rankings are based on followed through donations. We bug people to pay, and cancel large donations after a fair amount of time has passed. We don't allow for really large donations without pre-paid accounts.
The alternative to a pledge first model is asking for a credit card before any pledges are made (or something similar). That's lame for donations.
But if you look up the public information, what does it say? $168. It'd be very easy to make it look like random people were getting MASSIVE donations just by.. promising a whole lot and then not delivering.