Will the person get the cash?

[Nathan]

OK, let's say I'm using this call:

http://tipjoy.com/api/tweetpayment/

to make a payment following classic Payment Tweet Pattern Format,
questions:

1. Will the tweet be published on Twitter this ways?
2. If the money receiver username on TipJoy is John, but there is no
John on Twitter, will the John on TipJoy receive these money?

[dinosaur robot]

Nathan, my understanding on your first question is:
1. tweetpayments send a tweet based on the tipjoy user's preferences,
which default to sending tweets for payments. (settings->twitter)

I'm interested in the answer for question 2.
In the meantime, it got me thinking in a difference direction:

payment via http://tipjoy.com/api/#creating_twitter_payment to a
non existent twitter user, @skdignqe

=> this seems to work. that is, tipjoy doesn't check that the target
is an existing twitter user

if someone then creates a twitter account for @skdignqe, can that
person claim the money?

=> i created a tipjoy account for skdignqe. account balance is $0,
including pledges

=> i created a twitter account for skdignqe and then linked it to
tipjoy via oauth. account balance is $0, including pledges.

=> i then removed skdignqe's twitter account from tipjoy

=> i then paid skdignqe again -- account balance is $2, including pledges

so.... i might have botched the tests by unlinking skdignqe's tipjoy
and twitter account.
ultimately, i didn't take timing into account. maybe Ivan could just
chime in with what the expected behavior would be ;-)

note: Ivan, is there a way to view all the pledges for skdignqe
other than going to twitter and viewing @skdignqe 's mentions, which
only shows the second one once the twitter account was created: pd_dev
p $1 @skdignqe for test2 ?

this got me thinking about unclaimed transactions--are what to do with
them still being figured out?

more randomness (i know, negative karma for putting everything into a
signle discussion. eit):

users can cancel pledges at any time. users can't cancel payments,
right? that is, if user A has $5 in his account and then pays
@skdignqe $1, A's balance goes to $4 irrevocably, right? (and then
when @skdignqe cashes out he actually gets $1-fees. if @skdignqe
instead pays @john, then when @john cashes out he gets $1-fees, where
fees is the same as what @skdignqe would have paid. ya?)