Hacker News Reader

> let users decide what features they want by putting their money where their mouth is

While nice in theory, something like this needs to also have the FLOSS project developers mark requests as feasible and/or within the scope of the project's goals before allowing bounties to be placed on them. Otherwise there is a risk of project hijacking.

Yes, chrome extension so that next to the +1 button is a way to chip in money, and adds a comment to the issue like "seibelj pledged $10 to this issue".

Like Bountysource?

nice idea.