08-25-2005, 09:32 AM
This whole funding group has a very serious flaw. If there were so many people willing to contribute money to the site to keep it afloat, why haven't there been many donations as is? Money wouldn't be a problem in the first place if people were as eager to donate as dreams of a funding group suggests they are.
Basically, if someone asks you to spend money on a site that you don't benefit from just so that other people can view the site for free, are you really going to leap into the fray and start spending? Most people would rather be one of the ones who gets to view the site for free if they can. I don't know how many altruists there are who go to this site, but relying on them being there is a real leap of faith.
Perhaps some way that they would benefit from being donators would help garner support. Like, some sort of special "donators only" section of the site with special content just for them or something. Of course, to do THIS, you'd need to have various artists who would be willing to create special art for free, which leads to a new, but similar set of problems.
Soni
Basically, if someone asks you to spend money on a site that you don't benefit from just so that other people can view the site for free, are you really going to leap into the fray and start spending? Most people would rather be one of the ones who gets to view the site for free if they can. I don't know how many altruists there are who go to this site, but relying on them being there is a real leap of faith.
Perhaps some way that they would benefit from being donators would help garner support. Like, some sort of special "donators only" section of the site with special content just for them or something. Of course, to do THIS, you'd need to have various artists who would be willing to create special art for free, which leads to a new, but similar set of problems.
Soni