Donation Drive - Page 3

Natobasso · #17 February 9th, 2005, 02:07 AM

The forced donation was pretty silly when a lot of us donate when given just the slightest nudging…

Maybe you should consider having a paypal link in the sidebar so people can donate throughout the year instead of "when it's time"? I think you might find you won't have to shut the site down.

My best example is National Public Radio. They delay some content with the pledge drives, but they don't go to dead air either.

Conclusion: Don't go to dead air again like you did because it is annoying. But I'm still happy to support this site.

MBHockey · #18 February 9th, 2005, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Viro

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

I'm a mechanical engineering major, and because a lot of us don't opt to sell back our books at the end of each semester (we like to keep them as reference tools for the future) it is next to impossible to get cheaper, used text books like many other majors can get.

g/re/p · #19 February 9th, 2005, 09:19 AM

I also encountered the "site shutdown" and i think it was in very poor taste.

I would have donated in response to a more friendly, less "in-your-face" promotion or request.

bobw · #20 February 9th, 2005, 10:02 AM

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I would have donated in response to a more friendly, less "in-your-face" promotion or request.

There's been a button on the pages for awhile;

Make a Donation Support us for 2005

That seems pretty friendly

Sogni · #21 February 9th, 2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by g/re/p

I would have donated in response to a more friendly, less "in-your-face" promotion or request.

Ditto.
My feelings exactly!
Reason why last year, instead of donating - I (and others) left in disgust.
I would have donated to a friendlier request.

I consider myself "gone" again as of the repeat of this stunt - I'm just voicing my feelings about it this time instead of just disappearing again to hopefully get the message across that THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT!

It's not like this is the ONLY / BIGGEST / BEST Mac Forum out there...

It's just sad that it's killed the community feeling... at least for me and some others I know.
But then again, it's all about money - not the people, I guess.

JPigford · #22 February 9th, 2005, 10:17 AM

Why don't you make use of vB3's subscription system and let people pay a monthly/yearly fee to have extra features? Like $50 per year get's you a bigger avatar, a longer signature, one free tech support incident or something...i don't know. But I think that's a lot less annoying and a lot more practical.

bobw · #23 February 9th, 2005, 10:20 AM

Saying you would have donated to a more friendly request is crap. Everyone saw the Donation button on all the pages, but you chose NOT to make a donation.

g/re/p · #24 February 9th, 2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bobw

Saying you would have donated to a more friendly request is crap. Everyone saw the Donation button on all the pages, but you chose NOT to make a donation.

Well, i will never donate to this site because of the shutdown stunt - it WAS crap!