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kleinbl00  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 5 Hubski funding ideas that don't involve bitcoin

    Idea 1 makes sense, but if out of the blue we changed from the current free model to this. Wouldn't people feel the need to justify the one time payment?

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Sorted!

    Also, not sure of how good an idea it is, but maybe allowing people to donate on top of it?

Again - these aren't be-all, end-all, one-and-done solutions. These are ideas that I think could be wargamed, much as the current BTC experiment, in order to gain some insight as to what's viable and what isn't. If several ideas are viable, and if there's interest in several different models of benefaction, then members should be provided by several different options for underwriting the site.





War  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In that case:

I think a system in-between idea 2 and 3. Like I mentioned before allow people to donate any amount of money to Hubski, but after a certain threshold grant them this "Patron Status." So let's say the patron status is set at $15 (just a clean random number). That is a pretty high number for the status, but what if we allowed donations to accrue? You donate $5 one week, and $5 another. Those two separate donations go towards that $15 patron status. Once you reach the status you have it, and as long as you donate $15 dollars by the next calendar year you can keep the status, or if you prefer let it fall off. All the numbers and time frames are placeholders and could be changed to anything, but the premise is the:

- accept all donations

- Patron status after certain amount of donations

- allow donations to add up rather than paying for patron status all at once.

user-inactivated  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like the idea of letting your donations accrue to get a patron status. If I had two suggestions to make to branch out from that it'd be . . .

1) Set a minimum donation amount to save mk and co money and hassle. A bunch of $1 and $2 donations here and there might cost too much transaction wise and be more of a hassle to deal with than they're worth.

2) Keep patronage anonymous. I don't think other users should know who is and isn't a patron, lest people start expecting special treatment.

War  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Definitely forgot about the transaction cost, so that would definitely be a good idea to have a minimum.

Second point is something I didn't even think about. Although, I wonder what perks they could whip up under those circumstances..

user-inactivated  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Isn't a sense of patronage and altruism a perk in itself?

War  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To some I guess it is (To me it is), but they could probably give some more minor things . I don't know what those minor things are, but there are probably some things for people that want more than that.

cgod  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·  

$100 dollars should let you see who has you hushed, muted, etc... I'm sure that a few people would pay.