Donations Lately

LadyInque · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 3:54 pm Post subject:

Hurrah! Made the goal this month! Maybe we can get a playlist update while we're at it? (Fingers crossed!)
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GalFin · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:57 am Post subject:

Only 2 days left of September and still $250 short... Not looking very good. Just saying...

alien_avatar · Captain Joined: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 1342 Location: Berlin

As far as I can tell, the $500 donation goal hasn't been met for the last two or three months at least.

Not a good thing, I suppose.

A suggestion:
While you can see how much money is lacking for the current month, you can't tell if last month's goal was met unless you take the time to add it up for yourself.
If it said, for example, last month we (only) got $387.66 out of the $500 we need.... maybe it would motivate people to donate some more if they realized the goals hadn't been met.
Also maybe show the stats for the last three months and not only for the last months...?

Anyways.. is it just me or used the 'donation morale' to be better than it is now? Neutral

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LadyInque · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:45 pm Post subject:

I think the "donation morale" is definitely a bit down. I don't know that nagging people about the low meter helps, but I don't have any other ideas.

Sometimes I think the community aspect of this site is less than it was. There seem to be fewer posts in the forums, for example, than a couple years back. Fewer people seem to be requesting; more often I think people just listen. So as a result, maybe they care less about the site.

I know I haven't been helping on the forum front. My job and kids keep me busier than I was even three years ago. And you know you're not a frequent member when your birthday goes by and no one requests for you. (Sniff.) But I do renew my VIP membership every year.
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molossus · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:00 am Post subject:

alien_avatar · Captain Joined: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 1342 Location: Berlin

I agree that the community aspect of SST has suffered.
Sad... but it happens.
It's just my 'secret fear' that this site, or all the 24fm sites, will get shut down.
A lack of funding might hasten that decision along, especially when the proprietors have different priorities now.
So I was just trying to come up with some (admittedly not very brilliant Wink

) ideas that will push that sad, sad day as far into the future as possible.
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Caliburn · Guest

I think you are not seeing the complete picture. I agree with the donation meter not being met at all times. And that worries me. That worries me a lot.

I spam my message at the end of a month for two reasons:

1) Hoping that visitors of this site will make a small donation

2) Make the visitors aware of possible ads in the future. So that they know why we would need them.

But I absolutely do not agree of the community suffering. I agree that the forum is not that busy anymore as like 5 years ago. But a lot of the communication have been shifted to other media. The chat is always busy in the mornings and facebook is also used a lot.

And do not forget the meetings we have during the year. We just had the WSA in Ghent where we had a lot of fun. With the Hans Zimmer concert coming in Europe more meetins will be organized.

I have met so many new friends all across the world through SST and I hope that I will meet many more in the future.

LadyInque · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:25 pm Post subject:

Well, for those of us who can't go to Ghent or wherever, that leaves us out. I'm not on Facebook, so I guess it's my fault if I'm missing out on stuff.

LadyInque · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:02 am Post subject:

I'd like to thank Sirius and all the other donors (but lotsly Sirius) for putting our meter so over the top this month! God bless us, everyone!

LadyInque · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:02 am Post subject:

Gravedigging here to thank the donors for this month, putting us over the top. Technically, there's still a day to go, so if anyone feels inclined to donate, I say go for it.
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SeabassG33 · Guest

What takes a hit first if you keep missing your donation goal?

molossus · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:52 pm Post subject:

Hi SeabassG33! Welcome to SST!

I guess our proprietors' own money take a hit first.

However, donations are not the only source of income here.
People also support SST by buying their VIP status for example.
So I hope BQ & JERIC are able at least to break even when donation goal is being missed.
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martino · Commander Joined: Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 601

I donated SST via PayPal yesterday. The amount has been showed up on my account but Donation Meter hasn�t been updated. Have you had such an issue?

molossus · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:16 am Post subject:

This is a running issue that JERIC is aware of. From what I've heard the reason of the problem can be on PayPal's end.

I'll let JERIC know about your donation and ask him to add your name to our thermometer manually (most of September 2021 donations were added manually as well).
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martino · Commander Joined: Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 601

Thank you for your help, mol!