The donate button isn't....
1. ...at the top of the page anymore
2. ...unsecure
3. ...tracked by us. Meaning, unless you tell me, I will not know if you do or do not donate.
4. ...something that we think even the most prolific users need to feel obligated to utilize
5. ...there to make you feel a sense of obligation
6. ...all that important in the grand scheme of things
7. ....nearly as important as you making a post, commenting or sharing someone else's post/comment
The donate button is...
1. ...located at the bottom of the page
2. ...really easy to use
3. ....a way for people to support the costs associated with running Hubski
4. ....a way for people to support us having new offerings such as t-shirts and other fun hubski specific swag.
5. ....in no way an obligation. I would take a Hubski user that makes great posts and comments over one that donates hundreds of dollars ANY DAY.
6. .... a nice way for lurkers to contribute.
7. ....likely to change over time.
8. ....likely to fund a Hubski meetup someday, in the future
9. ...secure
Bonus question for the newbies (must be a Hubski user less than 100 days old)
Q: What was the name of the snail that we (the Hubski team) sent to space?
Just to be clear, that information is available to the coders. The amount is in our database, as can be seen on your profile page. But tng is right. We won't ever tell him. :)3. ...tracked by us. Meaning, unless you tell me, I will not know if you do or do not donate.
Ha. I used my admin account and looked at thenewgreen (a $5 donor) and didn't see the amount on their (my) profile, which led me to believe that you'd have to do some code digging to see the numbers on a per user basis. I find it hard to believe any of us will be doing that. Aggregate info, yes. User specific info, not likely.
Wait there's (or was) a snail in space? Maybe we could add it to the animals in space wikipedia page.
Well... read the post first. The snail getting in to space is very probable, but we lack the evidence.