| Hockey... sometimes it's hard to hear good thing among the complaints. I'd rather people just say, thanks for the site, than tell me they don't have money. Saying "I don't have money", although thruthful and conveys a message, it is negative. By saying, "Thanks for the site, keep up the good work" is a positive message.
I *HATED* any type of on-air fundraising, radio or TV when I was younger. I despised when my favorite station, spent a week screwing up normal programming to raise donations. Of course, I did NOT donate, I turned to a different station and went on with life until the got done.
I then had the opportunity to WORK at that station, none-the-less and participated in the fund drives and saw that behind the scenes, it takes thousands upon thousands of dollars a month just for electricity for fire up a 100,000 watt FM transmitter. I know that everyone ran on the bare essentials in pay (minimum wage) and that the equipment in the station was old and so-so.
I had a new appreciation for sites that require donations and people who do. I now gladly give money, not out of guilt, shame... but beause I get something in return. If I can't give, I will say, keep up the good work!
I hate asking for funds... I wish that it grew on trees in my back yard and I wouldn't have to worry about it. I wish that Google Ads paid more than 10-30 cents per day to run on my site, but do the math, that isn't a whole lot. I wish there was a market like their was in 1998-1999 for banner ads.
We are NOT a big site, compared to other Mac sites. We don't have the marketing power to drive a banner driven site. We don't have the financial power to promote ourselves. But, one thing is for sure... we continue to upgrade the servers to bring a better experience, get more bandwidth to help with the same thing, and try and provide a nice clean site for everyone to enjoy.  |