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RE: Why Donate?
December 6, 2014 at 10:09 pm
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(December 6, 2014 at 8:07 pm)jem304eyer Wrote: Why can we donate on this forum?? I will never donate to anything online!! verb (used with object), donated, donating.
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
Those of us that do donate, appreciate the work Tiberius is doing and look forward to many more years of 'atheistforums.org'.
It is not mandatory and as far as I know, we do not know who has or has not donated.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 6, 2014 at 10:14 pm
(December 6, 2014 at 10:09 pm)IATIA Wrote: It is not mandatory and as far as I know, we do not know who has or has not donated.
You are correct that it's not mandatory, nor do I personally think it ever would be.
As far as knowing who has - you can tell, at least those who have donated recently (in the last year or so), their username is displayed in purple, and there is a bronze, silver, or gold little trophy next to their username to indicate what level of support they gave. (In order to get credit, you have to PM Tiberius and let him know the email address you used for the donation, otherwise we have no way of knowing.)
Some have chosen to remain anonymous, including some quite generous donators.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 1:43 pm
I still find the entire donating thing very frustrating. I love this forum and I want to donate, but PayPal will have to take a huge percentage and money will be lost in the translation of real American money to whatever calkafoonie wanna be money Tiberius uses. And PayPal confuses me anyways. For things I donate to I usually like to do a really small monthly thing that adds up to a decent yearly donation but I can't figure out how to make that work in this format because if I donate (just an example) $10 a month then PayPal take $4 and at the end of the year instead of donating $120 to AF I would donate $72 to AF and $48 to PayPal. I don't care for PayPal and I don't want to donate to them.
Then there's also the issue of what amount would be lost in translation of American Money to wanna be dollars.
Anywho, OP, thanks for making a fool of yourself. It gave me a good opportunity to bring this up.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 1:46 pm
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(December 6, 2014 at 8:07 pm)jem304eyer Wrote: Why can we donate on this forum?? I will never donate to anything online!! Hey guys... I found god!
(December 10, 2014 at 1:43 pm)Losty Wrote: I love this forum and I want to donate, but PayPal will have to take a huge percentage and money will be lost in the translation of real American money to whatever calkafoonie wanna be money Tiberius uses. He uses Galactic Credits. Sure, the exchange rate is brutal, but in 500 years he'll be crazy rich!
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 1:50 pm
(December 10, 2014 at 1:43 pm)Losty Wrote: I still find the entire donating thing very frustrating. I love this forum and I want to donate, but PayPal will have to take a huge percentage and money will be lost in the translation of real American money to whatever calkafoonie wanna be money Tiberius uses. And PayPal confuses me anyways. For things I donate to I usually like to do a really small monthly thing that adds up to a decent yearly donation but I can't figure out how to make that work in this format because if I donate (just an example) $10 a month then PayPal take $4 and at the end of the year instead of donating $120 to AF I would donate $72 to AF and $48 to PayPal. I don't care for PayPal and I don't want to donate to them.
Then there's also the issue of what amount would be lost in translation of American Money to wanna be dollars.
Anywho, OP, thanks for making a fool of yourself. It gave me a good opportunity to bring this up.
For this reason, it's far better to make a single larger donation than periodic smaller ones, all else being equal.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Well...obviously, but it's not better for me :p
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 1:59 pm
(December 10, 2014 at 1:53 pm)Losty Wrote: Well...obviously, but it's not better for me :p
Yeah of course, unfortunately we don't have a better solution at this time.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 2:01 pm
(December 6, 2014 at 8:07 pm)jem304eyer Wrote: Why can we donate on this forum?? I will never donate to anything online!!
10-4, scumbag acknowledged.
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 2:03 pm
(December 10, 2014 at 1:59 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (December 10, 2014 at 1:53 pm)Losty Wrote: Well...obviously, but it's not better for me :p
Yeah of course, unfortunately we don't have a better solution at this time.
Well, could I at least get a pink sparkly name?
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RE: Why Donate?
December 10, 2014 at 2:03 pm
(December 6, 2014 at 8:22 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: I don't mind a bit of advertising on the forums if it helps to cover the costs.
Fortunately for us, Tiberius is a information security guru & understands that online advertisements are one of the major attack vectors for acquiring computer malware or viruses.
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