Seasons of Jason
There were haters when we introduced the in-app donation appeal at @thunderbird, but the numbers didn't lie: hundreds of thousands of Thunderbird users responded positively, and annual donations went through the roof.
I'm pretty excited to see this a similar approaching already working for #KDE as well. As I keep saying, this is the way! Don't rely on your users to find your donation appeal. Deliver it right to them.
Seasons of Jason
@BrodieOnLinux @thunderbird EXACTLY this. But then, I know YOU get it because I watched your interview with @ryanleesipes ;-)
Brodie Robertson
@killyourfm @thunderbird When you're fishing with a wide net the goal isn't to catch every fish, it's to catch a lot of fish. How many of those people annoyed by the prompt were simply never going to support the project in the first place.
Azarilhⓥ
@killyourfm Agreed. Just don't push it further like Wikipedia does by faking desperation. I stopped donating them due to that, i can't stand it when they appeal to my emotions, it's so manipulative.
Seasons of Jason
@Azarilh Agreed. Wikipedia's tone is one of emotional desperation, almost like they're a victim. It doesn't play well with me.
Seasons of Jason
Shorty
@killyourfm Iirc from the blog post this is even only Paypal, right? So in reality that number is even higher :ablobcatbongo:
Seasons of Jason
@unfortunateshort Yea! It doesn't count direct bank transfers, checks, DonorBox, etc.
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