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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: ikalihi812 on March 06, 2012, 12:41 pm

Title: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: ikalihi812 on March 06, 2012, 12:41 pm
This would be great.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: jpisbetterthanme on March 06, 2012, 06:40 pm
Donator status?
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: Pazure on March 14, 2012, 12:52 am
yeah what benefits would this provide.
i assume you mean donate to the SR mods or DPR himself.
but what purpose would having donator status serve?
i know when i give donations nomatter how big or small. i dont want people knowing.
the point of donations isnt to brag that you gave money to a cause
but rather to support the cause without regard for status
so to sum things up IMO
Donating to SR Mods or DPR= A fantastic idea!
Donator Status w/o benefits would just be bragging
Donator Status with benefits would be ok but curious what they would be. (maybe having to pay a lower commission rate with a certain level of donations or something)
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: MailMaxDev on March 14, 2012, 01:46 am
Maybe donators could be allowed to beta test features that the site admins are working on.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: Marshall123 on March 26, 2012, 06:54 pm
Could use a donate system to improve the site, award developers for features so they are more willing to put them in....hell, you can use donator status to unlock features which are not possible with a non-donator status (aka, sort on price, new listings since last visit, bookmarking, etc.)
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: bwompah on March 30, 2012, 04:54 am
Could use a donate system to improve the site, award developers for features so they are more willing to put them in....hell, you can use donator status to unlock features which are not possible with a non-donator status (aka, sort on price, new listings since last visit, bookmarking, etc.)

I support people donating to SR, but I don't think it should be used to "unlock" special features. SR seems to be by the people, for the people, and creating a hierarchical power structure based on people's disposable incomes would take away some of the magic of this place, I think. I much prefer a system where reputation earned by proving to be a helpful and trustworthy member of the community rather than letting people gain an elite status due to having some extra cash around. If you have the funds and you appreciate what's being done here, then they should absolutely donate, but don't do it for prizes or a title.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: Sunmaid on March 30, 2012, 05:25 am
Donations are donations.

If you're getting something out of it, then it isn't a donation, it's just another product being sold, though you might be looking the other way at it being overpriced.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: bwompah on March 30, 2012, 05:36 am
Donations are donations. If you're getting something out of it, then it isn't a donation, it's just another product being sold...

Exactly. Well said.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: ikalihi812 on March 30, 2012, 11:04 am
Donations are donations.

If you're getting something out of it, then it isn't a donation, it's just another product being sold, though you might be looking the other way at it being overpriced.

Keep your opinions to yourself. Just because you donated that doesn't mean you shouldn't get something in return. You sound like a child who's never been around the block.
Title: Re: Donate Now and Donator Status
Post by: Sunmaid on March 30, 2012, 11:52 pm
Keep your opinions to yourself.

Only if you promise to do the same B)