[SudarshanP]

I think the tippers should get 1 vote per dollar or something. Contributors can vote on TODO lists. This lets the developer get feedback on what the community needs. The developer can do whatever he fancies. But the votes will reduce the communication gap between the developers and the donors.

[whit537]

Prioritizing development tasks has not been a pain point so far with Gittip. I get plenty of feedback here on HN and on Twitter and GitHub and otherwise, and the fact that feedback is not directly tied to dollars has not been an issue.