'Tip the author' buttons on articles

[frederickobrien]

A thought for contributors like Ruya and Charlie, who have each written pretty hefty articles for the site. Perhaps if authors have a Ko-fi account or something similar we could have a button at the end of the piece giving readers the chance to 'tip the author'. Kind of like below:

I guess this also ties back to an episode earlier in the year when the Times published a great piece of investigative reporting and people wanted to support the publication/journalist without signing up for a £15 a month subscription plan. Audioxide is a hobby and makes no money so I don't lose sleep about people writing for us -- in fact I'm touched -- but this struck me as a potentially kosher thing to do.

And if we were ever did develop an income and start commissioning pieces, the button could become a drop-down. Tip the author/tip the publication/tip both.