I'm not in this for the money, and I have as much as I need, so I will end up putting all of the tips I receive back into Mahalo circulation.
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i am relatively new to Mahalo and have been earnestly trying to accumulate as many Mahalo dollars as possible. That said I must admit that I have only tipped out around 35% or so of what I have earned so far. My goal is to tip out half of what I make each month. I find myself answering a lot of questions and forgetting to ask some questions also. I think that my 35% is fair for now and like I said in the future I hope to share up to 50% of my tips with the Mahalo community.
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When you can, I always recommend giving back at least 10% of your Mahalo Answers income. So, if you make $100 on Mahalo Answers, giving at least 10% of that would be $10 back to the community. Some people are more or less generous. For instance, Jason Calacanis will give out hundreds of dollars, but he's the exception to the rule.

I recommend using your balance earned, not PayPal, as this keeps the Mahalo Dollars in the community. Mahalo Answers is not in a recession, at least to my knowledge, as Mahalo Dollars keep flowing in the community.

James Hong, one of the guys who started HotorNot.com has a website called 10 over 100, which he recommends people pledge to give back 10% of whatever they make over 100,000 a year.

Have a look at it!
http://www.10over100.org
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So far I have given all back but I now have another $2 witch I'm planing to give back to. I believe this is the real sprite of what the site is about.
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Interestingly enough I asked the same question a while back, some of these answers might interest you :)

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/what-is-the-appropriate-amount-of-tips-to-put-back-into-the-mahalo-community
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I am secretly hording all of my mahallo dollars in a clandestine plot to overthrow Darcy...

Honestly, I come on here at work and just answer things as I have the chance...I've always intended to ask a question...just never quite got around to it...
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I don't think in terms of percentages. In fact, I've paid far more into Mahalo in terms of tips than I've gotten out of it. (I posted a couple of relatively pricy questions before realizing that I got the same advice if I just kicked in one buck. :)

I do generally end up "giving back" all I earn so far, but that is mainly because I don't earn very much and if I want to ask a question and see it show up highlighted then it is simple and cheap for me to kick in a dollar. And it's less rigamarole to draw that out of earnings than out of PayPal. (In fact, if I draw it out of earnings, I'm actually getting more bang for my buck: a dollar's worth of answer for the real-world equivalent of 75 cents.)

Of course, I have less incentive to kick that buck back in now that all answers are going for a buck. So we'll see what happens over the next week and a half.

(Oh, I just realized the question was talking tips, not answer fees. I don't generally tip much, but that's because I don't generally have many Mahalo dollars built up. I ask them away as soon as I earn them. Though, again, we'll see what happens now that I'm less inclined to spend my earnings on questions for a little while.)
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I havn't earned much till now. But, since Paypal hasn't established itself in Pakistan, I would end up in using my earned Mahalo Dollars in using in this community mostly because getting Mahalo dollars other way than Paypal is difficult. I wonder If Mahalo will ever send Dollars earned to those countries where Paypal isn't available.
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