| Thanks for the questions! 1. I wanted to build an embedded comment system which is not monetized by selling user data or serving ads and which has a fair pricing model. By "fair" I mean that you pay what you consume without non-transparent pricing plans where some features are only available for certain plans. I have found no such system myself, so I started building it. 2. It's unlikely that I will run out of the money and the service will cease to exist because it's a side project for me and it is self-funding. You buy credits upfront, and this pays the bills for the service. It's hosted by AWS and has no fixed recurring costs for me. 3. The minimal amount of credits you can purchase is 500k or $7.5. The transaction fees are already included in the price. 4. There is no moderation interface at the moment. As an administrator, you get email notifications for every comment you receive. The email contains a link where you can hide the comment if you don't like it. 5. Regarding the stack, I have answered below. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask. Could you share the project you are working on? And what's your vision? |
Have you found any payment handler that deals with Value Added Taxes "everywhere in the world"? I feel I don't want anyone to pay anything right now ... because I'd just mess up things with the tax agency :-P
My project: https://www.talkyard.io/blog-comments (it's in my HN profile). Vision: Building a discussion tool, that [people who change the world or their neighborood] can use to find ideas and solutions, and pick the right things to do. There are HackerNews like discussions, ... I think they work well for finding the important things and making decisions.