As a relic non-profit dating to 94 before Google and Facebook that hosts two-way online community, our biggest competition from everyday potential users and in particular those most likely to put energy into starting a new online neighbor forums is ...
Why not just use Facebook? We are working up a blog post with all sorts of reasons, but in general control and capitalism aren't going resonate with 85% of our users and the other 15% aren't the donating types. Well, maybe some are. Ironically, we just annouced our first forum sponsor (public radio style donation with a link credit) in 17 years today. It was a sweet little old lady who loves our forums and donated $100. I figure if we can't soon generate $10 or even $1 a year from each of our 20,000 users on average, we aren't giving them real value. Anyway, I am very interested in people's ideas on how to generate revenue to support inclusion, volunteer coordination, etc. that isn't a sell-out or isn't a grant that is ongoing and sustainable in nature. Suggestions? Bake sale anyone. :-) Steven Clift [email protected] - +1 612 234 7072 http://stevenclift.com - @democracy http://e-democracy.org - @edemo
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