Show HN: Bribes.fyi – Know before you go. New feature added

https://bribes.fyi/before-you-go

60•neverenderr•1h ago

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ckrapu•1h ago

If it is satire, bravo.

If sincere, congratulations.

neverenderr•1h ago

It is sincere, btw, thanks.

tyre•47m ago

What do you think lend itself to this culture and how will it change? Is it considered normal / unsurprising / accepted? Like, “just cost of doing business”?

micromacrofoot•43m ago

tracking and publicizing them is a great start, bribes are easy to ask for in a fractured bureaucracy where the people taking them aren't closely monitored and the people paying them are generally uninformed

antonvs•42m ago

Where do you live? Because “this culture” now exists at the top level of the US government, for example. And in fact, even before the current administration, it was an accepted and legal aspect of government, for example “lobbyists” who handed out checks to the representatives whose influence they were controlling.

In the US, it’s only at much lower levels that this is at all frowned on, especially in government. In private business you’ll still find e.g. apartment managers asking for bribes to do their job properly.

verve_rat•36m ago

And if you squint a bit and stretch some definitions... then tipping culture isn't a million miles away from bribing culture.

What is a tip if it's not a bribe to not spit in your food?

Cyberdog•19m ago

Former foodservice worker (in the US) for several years here. Servers do not spit in customers' food; that would be psychopathic behavior that no manager would tolerate and grounds for immediate termination, and the type of person who would actually do that is the type of antisocial person who is going to struggle in any job. If a known bad tipper ends up in a server's section, she'll roll her eyes in private, perhaps grumble to her co-workers, then go put on the customer service smile and serve them as normal.

That said, please tip. Note that (where legal) servers are generally paid below minimum wage because it's expected their income will be supplemented with tips. Consider the tip not a bribe but as a payment for a service you were provided which, at least in the current cultural climate, is not being tacked on to the actual bill; you may not like that and want that cultural norm to change, but it hasn't changed yet and is unlikely to in the near future. If tipping really offends you, then order pick-up instead of dining in, or just cook at home.

toomuchtodo•42m ago

> how will it change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-corruption_campaign_under... is a potential example

ImHereToVote•41m ago

A cultural revolution.

neverenderr•39m ago

Just trying my best.

lozenge•46m ago

Has anybody reported a refusal and managing to complete their task? I just see 0% whatever I input.

neverenderr•43m ago

Yes, some of them reported refusal reports. You can find them just on the right side of the Transparency map, State Registry Ledger; then you can filter out them by most refusals, or you can also just browse the reports.

neverenderr•1h ago

Also set up a support link for anyone else who'd like to help keep it running: https://bribes.fyi/support

verve_rat•42m ago

I'm a little disappointed that https://bribes.fyi/bribes doesn't redirect to that support page to be honest.

When I saw the name/tag line I thought this would be a travel advice site, but I like this so much more. Great work.

blitzar•35m ago

> Donations don’t influence the data. Supporting the platform buys no special treatment.

How disappointing.

Exoristos•51m ago

What are the differences between a bribe and a tip, given X cultural milieu?

gnfargbl•39m ago

Public servants should neither ask for nor expect either?

woadwarrior01•37m ago

aka Baksheesh in the Middle East

neverenderr•48m ago

Direct homepage - https://bribes.fyi/

dark-star•43m ago

What happens to you in India when you are charged builty of bribery? What are the punishments, if any? (for the person receiving the bribe, not the person bribing, obviously)

9dev•42m ago

Good lord, that this is necessary is so depressing.

neverenderr•41m ago

Yeah, man, depressing yet the truth.

zuzululu•41m ago

need one for southeast asian countries and eastern europe

derektank•41m ago

Just curious, but did any specific anti-corruption campaigns from history in other nations inspire the design here at all?

philajan•40m ago

Just wanted to let you know Twitter, GH, and RSS icons fall behind the nav bar at least on mobile.

pstuart•37m ago

I'm glad that bribery only exists in India and not in the United State. /s because Poe.

losteric•37m ago

this is just crowd sourced data? Looks vibe coded. And immediately asking for donations for a short Claude job, pretty sus?

oplav•36m ago

Another discussion about corruption in India from 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20088870

tallanvor•31m ago

Why do you feel the need to submit this 4 times over 1 week?

enraged_camel•27m ago

It's a cool site. I like the concept a lot.

With HN, often times things have to be submitted multiple times before they get noticed and "stick" and generate interesting discussions. It's very dependent on luck, and there are no rules against it AFAIK (aside from what the spam detector flags).

tallanvor•21m ago

Rules generally come around due to bad behavior, which I would suggest submitting the same thing every other day for a week constitutes. It's also a very niche topic, even for this site, and not particularly useful or interesting.

enraged_camel•4m ago

You are not the arbiter of what is useful or interesting. India is a massive country and this site has a lot of Indian users.

helterskelter•21m ago

Once you get outside the first world brides seem to be the norm -- every person I know who does international work has a story about having to bride somebody, especially if you need to get something through customs quickly, or at all. It's funny, you just make a bare effort to make it seem official and they'll get you right through.

One guy would keep cash in a hidden pocket in his suitcase and if customs gave him trouble he'd politely inform them about the pocket they didn't check and everything would get resolved.

Another guy would be bringing in parts for his company and when things got held up he'd talk to the person of the appropriate rank and offer to pay the "expedited" fee to get things through, as these were very important pieces of equipment. There was no expedited fee.

Somebody else would literally just sneak them cash as they shook the custom officer's hand, but they had a working relationship and knew each other on a first name basis.

One person got pissed off and refused to pay a bride and literally just waited until they changed shifts and his stuff was released.

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