random question. (be honest i don’t mind).
if i were to add donations/paid tier/merch to wasteof, would anybody be willing to actually donate? would pay for domain, hosting, infra, etc. fees.
yes, i would donate ($10+)
I would donate but only if I get sometimes in return (eg. profile badge, merch, or premium site features)
i might donate
i would never donate (this is totally fine)
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I donate ten bucks to Wikipedia every year.
If you make a strong enough case about wasteof being important in the way Wikipedia does, I’d give you ten bucks too.
I'm not sure if wasteof is designed to be "important" really, but it definitely is unique as being the only social media run at such a small scale and having such an active core community.
There’s a case to be made for importance within that active core community; something about unfiltered conversation without underlying motivations of profit.
When I say “in the way Wikipedia does,” I don’t mean Wikipedia and wasteof offer the same sort of value. I mean that the case could be made in a way that explains why wasteof is important, how wasteof aims to improve and continue to be important, and what (money) wasteof needs to achieve this.
Ah, okay, I misunderstood your comment. That's completely reasonable. I'd love to see some sort of public roadmap for the platform too. As far as money, I think it could be explained that donations/merch would help cover server costs and help out jeffalo since he singlehandedly builds the platform.