The discussion is about the possibility of giving a beverage tip to another forum member as a gesture of appreciation for their support, similar to buying someone a coffee. BERN_SHANFIELD inquired about a built-in Discourse feature or plugin to achieve this, but IAmGav suggested using a third-party site like Buy Me a Coffee as a workaround. However, BERN_SHANFIELD expressed a desire for a native Discourse option, rather than relying on external links. IAmGav clarified that there is no such feature within Discourse, except for the like button, and that integrating with Patreon would still require an external redirect. The conversation concluded with BERN_SHANFIELD suggesting the idea of a custom development or a fundraiser to implement this feature.
Sorry if I missed finding this if it exists. Is there a built-in way or plugin or perhaps link to another site to leave another forum member a tip like buying someone a coffee if they provided support for your issue and you wanted to give more than a thank you but not enter a formal pay them for working for you relationship?
Ok, found this: Monetization facilities/infrastructure which isn’t quite it as this seems to be more about getting more activity from non participating members.
Thank you for responding!
Not clear how this would look/work within a topic thread.
Say I want to buy you a coffee for offering this response to my question and say for the sake of the question that your response wasn’t this Buy Me a Coffee link. As this isn’t native within Discourse would I need to ask you for a link to buy you a coffee and then you would post some link that I would click on and follow to where I could make the contribution?
@IAmGav Looking again, your link does answer the part of my question asking for a link to another site. Upon further reflection, I realize I’m looking for a baked-in Discourse option and not something that Discourse users need to set up and direct others to external to the topic as interacted with ‘here’. Like having Discourse hosted within a coffee shop or bar and during a conversation getting to buy a round of beverages as a gesture of appreciation at the moment it occurs. It’d make the forum more comfortable and congenial.
There is nothing inside discourse except the like button 
you can integrate with Patreon and it will still point you to another website.
You more than welcome to head over to Marketplace and seek out someone to custom develop you something.
I hope this answer your question then 
It does Gavin. I’m a bit surprised that the Discourse team or some enterprising someones haven’t done something about it. Maybe a Go Fund Me to raise money to hire someone to ease giving money away. 