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Solution: create an account at GitHub, it would have taken less time than writing this comment ;)

So artificially inflate "usage" on someone else's system? That doesn't sound very nice to do to GitHub.

Quite the opposite: GitHub would love if you signed up.

You probably won't log out, and chances are you'll end up on GitHub again sometime soon. You'll discover the wonders of social coding now that you have an account, and soon enough, you're a paying customer.

I'm already on there from time to time (as a "consumer"). Likewise I am aware of the wonders of social coding... which existed before GitHub did. And all of this without a GitHub account. But, AFAIK, currently there is nothing I do on the GitHub site that would be enhanced by being logged in.

But the point is not how easy is it to sign up for a free GitHub account. The point is that it seems like an unnecessary requirement to tip someone on Gittip.

I want to broaden beyond GitHub:

https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/80

Trying to get the payment flow nailed first.

I misunderstood that ticket. It reads like you are trying to open it up so you don't need a GitHub account to get tipped. That would be great as I assume that opens up the same options for giving a tip.

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