Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Considering taking donations to support the MagicMirror project. Interested in your thoughts!
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I’d be disappointed if he didn’t use at least some of the money towards drugs and alcohol, or is that a separate donation?
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@mykle1 :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
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I would be interested in providing some kind of donation, on limited income, but will try to do what I can, when I can.
I would prefer to use PayPal. Or I could donate time in helping out with issues and and stuff that I could do.
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PayPal seems like it would be the most accessible for people generally (esp. for one time donations), but I think Patreon could work really well for this. You could have one of the higher Patreon tiers be that Patrons get to vote on their their favorite feature in your list of what to work on next (or something like that), which might be a nice way to get donations and community involvement at the same time.
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Mich: This is absolutely not an unreasonable request. Given the amount of effort and time you have put into this project and the benefit to me, I would certainly donate. I’m surprised you have not added a donation button yet. I just assumed you were independently wealthy!
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Perhaps take a look at the model Sam Harris uses for his podcast. It’s very similar to what you’re proposing here. It seems to work for him and it’s a much more honest and better approach for Internet based projects going forward (as opposed to ad-based systems).
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You should make the forum have ads if the person is not logged in. That should generate some income.
Also a voluntary donation is easy to setup and I really enjoyed the project so far and would be willing to give a donation as I think most would.
Another option would be have paid plugins. For example I have been bashing my head trying to get the analytics plugin to work. I would be willing to pay for it.
Good luck and I hope everything works out for you.
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@savona
Donations a for keep going forum, not for resolving issues with modules. -
MM has been the most fun and at the same time useful project I’ve ever been involved with. I will definitely donate! And I wouldn’t have learned node.js and extended my Linux knowledge if it wasn’t for MM, which is worth a lot. Great work @MichMich!
I think single donations is the way to go (or at least the option for single donations). I think people are more hesitant to sign up for monthly/yearly donations.
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@MichMich We’re currently working on a project featuring MagicMirror and would be very interested in supporting. Would you mind sending us private message so we can reach out? Would love to share more details.
