Now that this is “over”, I’d be fascinated to see a post about what the fundraising process was like for you and what can be learned. Seems like a big L for retroactive funding for example
And related to that thread: how does one find out about how to donate when there is no fundraiser? I cannot find any info on the About page or FAQ page. If someone wants to donate in a couple of months when this post is not as visible, how will they find the donation link?
I don’t know if adding a donation link to FAQ and About will make much of a difference in practice. I suspect it won’t since that depends on people more spontaneously realizing they want to donate. But it seems pretty relevant to the complaint raised in the tweet thread that people only donate when you do large dramatic calls for funding. I think it wouldn’t hurt to lessen the friction and make it easier to find out how to donate.
Now that this is “over”, I’d be fascinated to see a post about what the fundraising process was like for you and what can be learned. Seems like a big L for retroactive funding for example
https://x.com/ohabryka/status/1882579367110586459
And related to that thread: how does one find out about how to donate when there is no fundraiser? I cannot find any info on the About page or FAQ page. If someone wants to donate in a couple of months when this post is not as visible, how will they find the donation link?
I don’t know if adding a donation link to FAQ and About will make much of a difference in practice. I suspect it won’t since that depends on people more spontaneously realizing they want to donate. But it seems pretty relevant to the complaint raised in the tweet thread that people only donate when you do large dramatic calls for funding. I think it wouldn’t hurt to lessen the friction and make it easier to find out how to donate.
Sorry about that! I am adding a donate link back to the frontpage sometime this week. Here is the link for now: https://www.lesswrong.com/donate