Wooo!
Taking a quick break. We started off day one with 20 creators and 150,000 coins tipped! We're in the middle of day two and we're already at 80 creators and over 300,000 coins tipped!
I'll be adding more creators throughout the weekend and the following week.
Thank you all for sending in e-mails.
One thing I wanted to say is that the only qualifications needed for the Tipping Program is to be active (i.e. publish on a semi-regular basis) and to be 18 years or older! That's all. Much like the ad revenue program, I really want to push for more community driven tools that aren't guarded by gatekeepers. I believe that programs that are more inclusive will ultimately result in more interesting and creative results.
Simon Erikkson, creator of Adam & Steve did an awesome job recently making an episode about tipping (here) and earlier today Neil Kohney, creator of The Other End released an episode (here). Looking forward to what the rest of the community comes up with!
Also, I've gotten a TON of e-mails from creators with a relatively small number of followers and were nervous about qualifying. Don't worry. I'll add you to the tipping program. It's not important to have a lot of followers (of course, it will help with earning more money), but the important part for ALL of us is creating an atmosphere where fans are encouraged to help out in any way they can from sharing, tipping, liking, commenting and more We're all in this together.
Happy holidays everyone!
P.S. If you publish an episode about the tipping program, send it my way at michaelson@tapasmedia.co and if you have friends that are creators, please do spread the word about the tipping program!