On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Stephen Michel <stephen.mic...@tufts.edu> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Roberts < > robertsthebr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > These things may have been discussed already, but these are initial > thoughts from friends looking at the system; ie theoretical potential > patrons. > > 1)It will make the average person nervous to not see a very clear > representation of what they are going to be paying total. This relates to > the other discussion we were having; regardless of whether or not it gives > people the impression that this is a "great bargain" or whatever, people > need to see a very clear presentation of what they will be called on to pay > or they will be very nervous about signing on at all. > > > This has also been my experience talking to others. I think the system of > depositing funds and then paying from your deposit helps, but we could > probably do more. > > **I think this particular issue IS worth talking about in the MVP. If > we're going to get to the point where we have to worry about pledge sizes > getting out of control, etc, we need to remove barriers to becoming a > patron.** > > note to self: "Patronizing" cannot be used as a verb to mean "becoming a > patron" :P > > At the same time, I also think if we're talking about the scale of less > than $1 per month, people don't really care if that amount doubles. Some > kind of 'warn me if my contribution/mo goes over $X feature' could be > implemented? > > 2)As more people sign on to the system, shouldn't the average pledge rate > go down? If you originally sign on at $1 per 5000 people, but then 60000 > sign on, you don't each need to be paying $12- each person can be paying > much less than the original $1 per 5000, and the collective result will > still be enormous. > > > I think this is a concern. However, I also agree with the general > consensus: "too much money" is a very good problem to have. We should worry > about getting to that point, and deal with this issue once we get there. > > After all, the worst case scenario is that patron X drops out because they > can't afford the minimum donation, and the expense of a minimum donation > acts as a kind of gating mechanism on how much money any one project can > get at once. > I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head here: By folks dropping out when the amount gets too high, the community naturally determines on their own how much is appropriate for the project to receive. Those folks who drop out will hopefully find a different project to fund, thus, once a project's funding "normalizes" (for lack of a better term), allowing more projects to obtain the community backing and support that they need to make it. Keep in mind, also, that we're in uncharted territory here: Although we can sit here and theorize and speculate how the public will do what and when, we don't *really *know how exactly the community is overall going to react to any particular aspect until we go live and watch what people do with their money and with what projects and get feedback. It may take quite a long time before people start feeling like they're paying too much for a project and start backing out. Once we get some real data to analyze and determine what's working and what's not, there's always room for modification and improvement. What we're talking about here is merely the beginning stage. If we keep changing everything and second guessing and changing everything, we're never going to launch. > > 3)We should have an option for automatic withdrawal directly from a bank > account. The "snowdrift account" is a great buffer to help some people feel > comfortable, but other people are going to say "I don't want to have to > keep thinking about depositing funds or be reminded of it; I believe in > this enough to just commit to it being directly withdrawn. > > > Would be nice, but not necessary for launch. > > ~Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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