A small widget showing how much money per day/month was raised compared to the funding required would be good. Reddit has its gold goal on the front page; here is a widget on a forum for a monetary goal.
I wouldn't really like to see a Reddit Gold for comments or as gifts, but I am not against a similar-but-different "donation with incentives" system. I remember the gold-lounge to be a pretty chill and relaxed (been there one month only, a while ago, though...).
Sounds like a good idea. I think there is something close to that concept being made within the snapzu referral program for tribes. I could be wrong though.
Might be better to aim for an annual goal. Typically you can get better deals when you pay in advance rather than month to month. $5000 would cover 12 months and give them breathing room.
I expect that the problem is that right now the goals aren't really well-known and can't be extrapolated for a whole year. Enough server power to run the site now might be woefully inadequate in a year's time.
I'd love to see something like this on gofundme or something similar. If they did fundraising starting now, they might get enough defector money and be able to afford better hosting for a solid year
I'd be happier if it wasn't an exp boos but something cosmetic like a "Donator only profile background" or something. Otherwise it's just a "Pay to get out of my bad comment score" system and could in future be abused by spammers & bots.
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