Answer by flybywire for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
Donations for a commercially motivated project is a silly idea, with all due respect.If you feel so warmly about the stackexchange brand (and I feel so too), then you could buy t-shirts, cups or mouse...
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As for donations, we appreciate the sentiment, for sure, but you guys and gals are already contributing the most valuable thing of all — your time!We will never ask you for more than that, you’ve...
View ArticleAnswer by RichieHindle for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
Bah - they owe us money! Digital frikkin' sharecroppers my aNO CARRIER
View ArticleAnswer by Alex Papadimoulis for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
Over at The Daily WTF, I've had a few readers request the same thing: a donation button so that they could show their support. I know a lot of different sites have it... but for some reason, it never...
View ArticleAnswer by Wim ten Brink for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
Well, TechDirt implements a payment system which will allow visitors to become "more special" members of the site. Paying for TechDirt gives you access for some previews of upcoming stories, a t-shirt...
View ArticleAnswer by Treb for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
I think they are already doing quite well, Jeff doesn't say any more that he is paying the other devs 'virtually nothing'. Especially the recent discussion of using Google AdSense vs. hand-selecting...
View ArticleAnswer by Jon Skeet for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
This has been suggested in blog comments before, and I think Jeff declined it - I think he doesn't like the idea of taking money from users even if they're happy, which is a laudable attitude. How long...
View ArticleAnswer by Brandon for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
If you take a look at this post by balpha, you can see that SO makes quite a bit of money just counting the job board. I doubt they're really in desperate need for money, otherwise I'm sure they would...
View ArticleAnswer by TheTXI for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
They have apparently been able to do well enough to hire a small number of developers full time, so I don't think they are exactly hurting for money.On that note, I think if Jeff and company want to...
View ArticleAnswer by David Basarab for Add a paypal link to accept donations.....?
I think Stackoverflow is making more money than you think. They have 3 employees after-all and are going to sell the Stack-Exchange.
View ArticleAdd a paypal link to accept donations.....?
From listening to the SO podcasts, I personally get somewhat of a feeling that there is a bit of a conflict between Joel and Jeff in terms of the revenue model for SO. Joel seems much more willing and...
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