Donation Drive

[Mephisto]

I donated. In all honesty I would not have donated if not for the inconvenience though, at least not yet. I have not been coming here long enough to decide whether I am here to stay or not. Left to my own devices I probably would have donated in 3-4 months if I were still around. So I guess in that sense the annoying tactic worked, or at least sped up the process.

[ScottW]

I have found that no matter which direction I look, someone isn't going to like it. Classification of the board closure as "hard tactic" I don't feel is accurate. Think of Tele-thons, Radio-Thons... they stop normal broadcasting to take time out, sometimes for a whole week to raise donations. It is not something that is ideal, but it is really the only thing that works.

My experience is that taking a few days out of the year to raise donations does not impact anything, the few users it "might" turn away is made up for in donations which make this site available to the community at large.

Far MORE people have donated than have complained, so considering that, I think this year was a good success.

[Decado]

i donated. mostly out of shame cuz i didnt donate last time.
what's the site policy about ads? i have seen a few, but maybe there could be more (they dont annoy me if they are within context).

[Viro]

I guess I can see your point. But it's still quite a hard tactic to play. So long as it doesn't kill the community that's been built up around macosx.com, I'm all for donations.

[ora]

Being in the UK, and with the exchange rate so favorable at the moment, I felt i had to donate - i suspect the money i gave will go a lot further for scott than me. Given how often i visit the site and how much help i've got here, paying a few quid every year is pretty painless.

Also, on the advert front, macosx.com, thanks to Pith Helmet, has mostly been advert free for me.

Once again, thanks scott,

ora

[ScottW]

Unless we get a $26 donation, we won't meet our "Today Goal" of $850. But, no matter the out come, business as usual tomorrow. Thank you all for your patience, understanding and contributions.

[MBHockey]

Grr. I have been spending my dad's money left and right so far this semester (text books alone cost me over $500, and my circuits teacher just informed me i have to purchase a circuits kit for $42 and a lab notebook for $20). I don't know what i'm going to tell my dad, i have $8 in my account right now.

Over the summer when i'm working (i can't now because school and hockey is enough as it is) i will definitely donate to this site. I have found this forum extremely useful, and would love to help you guys out, but i simply can't at the moment.

[Viro]

Whoa.... $500 for textbooks for a semester? That is a *lot* of money. What kind of course are you doing?