I agree, that aims are good. But I think that displaying donation status in a way, so that you can see it when you've donated 10$, is just as important. People need this verification quality, and with the current display of donation status they have it. I'm not saying by this, that all should stay like it is right now. I'm hinting on what shouldn't be lost in the process of change.
Greetings, Torben Lechner --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- Von: Juiceman <juicema...@gmail.com> Datum: 02.06.2015 17:45:25 An: Discussion of development issues <devl@freenetproject.org> Betreff: Re: [freenet-dev] Donation page on website > On Jun 2, 2015 11:07 AM, "Gerard Krol" <ger...@gerardkrol.nl> > wrote: > > > > Yes, that's the reason I didn't spend any time bringing it over. For > a > > single person donating $10k is a lot of money. A progress bar would > solve > > that. Our full goal could be to fund the project for 12 months, that > > doesn't sound unreasonable. > > > > Regards, > > > > Gerard > > > > 12 months is still beyond the horizon of most average people. If you want > to lose 50 pounds in six months you don't ignore the scale for 5 months > and > then find out you have only lost 10 pounds and stop eating for month 6. > You give yourself mini goals 5 lbs a week or 10 pounds a month or whatever > works so you feel like progress is being made. If you don't make your mini > goal you know to work harder for the next check-in. > > If you want to put a year progress bar next to it that is fine. > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Juiceman <juicema...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I have been meaning to bring this for a while. The donate page > shows > our > > > balance $10K+ or whatever. In my mind this actually discourages > donations. > > > "eh. The project has enough money for now... my $10 isn't > gonna make a > > > difference." > > > > > > People respond to goals. We figure out what monthly amounts we > need to > fund > > > at full paid developer level and display that as a progress bar. > Thoughts? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Devl mailing list > > > Devl@freenetproject.org > > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl@freenetproject.org > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl@freenetproject.org > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
