I know most users here are against monetization, but I think that a simple Shopify storefront with behaw merch would go a long way to help entice more people to make a monitory donation. I would love a beehaw mug, stickers, and maybe even a shirt or a hat.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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I also really do not mind donating via Patreon or Ko-Fi or GoobGab or DinkleCoin or ScrungePay or whatever the hell people use that's ethical now.
We do have an OpenCollective where you can donate and see our expenses: https://opencollective.com/beehaw
Though please don't donate if you need the money, we're doing fine financially.
The approximate yearly budget and estimated annual budget are quite different, what are those two numbers representing? Unrelated: I really appreciate what you're making happen here, and I really look forward to being a part of it.
Good question! I don't quite know but here's what I think.
Estimated Annual Budget is
- All active monthly subscriptions. Multiply by 12.
- All active yearly subscriptions.
- All one-time subscriptions in the past year.
- All inactive monthly subscriptions that have contributed in the past year. https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/budget#budget-calculations
Approximate yearly budget is what they we'll spend for the year based on past transactions and trends? Note that this month will definitely be quite a bit more expensive than all previous ones (Probably something like ~500$) so this approximation is most definitely wrong.
Merch is a great way to fund, paying a designer to create some graphics could be cost-efficient.
Good monetization: giving people tote bags, pens, t-shirts, stickers, coffee mugs, or window clings "in exchange for a donation" like PBS does.
Bad monetization: selling the ability to downvote posts, selling avatars, selling the ability to have your post stickied, and all the other ways shitty forums sell prestige
For only ~~$1/mo~~ $5/vote, I'll give your user the ability to downvote Comments in this thread only. Act now, time is limited!
Can I pay you in the self-assessed cash value of my foot pic NFTs?
It's going to be a long wait before the flood of PM_ME_UR_ profiles covers that.
I really like this idea, and I could even something that artists do on SoundCloud where an album costs $5 minimum but you can write in your own price above and beyond that initial $5.
I'd happily pick up a sticker and tack on a donation.
Thanks for what you're doing, we appreciate it.
Incidentally, do you know why I would get a 'language not allowed' error when replying to a post that has no swearing/nsfw language?
I'm thinking it must be an error because there wasn't anything remotely offensive in there.
Couldn't see how to message a mod so apologies
There's a select language button on the post. It's still buggy but it allows you to filter out posts that are in other languages. Sometimes it'll default to undefined or not let you post because it's not selected
Oh that's why! Thanks for clarifying
I set up a recurring donation today, it's small but I hope it helps. I'm so glad I found this place, thanks for having me. You guys are amazing, the world is better for having people like you in it!
So if we are a non profit coop, can we get paid for code contributions and moderation via the donation pool?
I'm 100% for paying people who deserve it but we do not have policies around this and we are not incorporated nonprofit yet
I think that would be the most awesome thing. Have you looked at social.coop for support?
not yet, but we'll definitely be reaching out to the community around these sorts of things when we're ready
Not to throw an unwanted suggestion but would an OVHCloud eco server work for this?
I'm not an expert in any way but I've had no issues with my instance and it was a lot cheaper than anything else I could find.
We are busy investigating alternatives, thank you for your input
I mean I have a 10gbps home connection with 1gbps backup and a server rack! No but really, I came from enterprise architecture and built some massive global pubsub networks (on the tune of 900m users/devices). Be happy to give a hand on the infra side if needed!
if you'd like to chip in please join the discord or matrix- as a general statement we are not looking to have people self host beehaw for us at this point in time