I had a related concern that (if this funding model became more widespread) it could lead to overinvestment in more legible/obvious contributions relative to more behind-the-scenes ones. E.g. 80k gets lots of donations but Effective Ventures doesn’t; a local group gets donations but the orgs who created the resources they reused and adapted (BlueDot, CEA, etc) doesn’t.
(I still think on net I agree that it’d be cool to shift somewhat in this direction though. And I think more community building services should consider charging or making donations an opt-out rather than opt-in default.)
I had a related concern that (if this funding model became more widespread) it could lead to overinvestment in more legible/obvious contributions relative to more behind-the-scenes ones. E.g. 80k gets lots of donations but Effective Ventures doesn’t; a local group gets donations but the orgs who created the resources they reused and adapted (BlueDot, CEA, etc) doesn’t.
(I still think on net I agree that it’d be cool to shift somewhat in this direction though. And I think more community building services should consider charging or making donations an opt-out rather than opt-in default.)