I occasionally donate to user-funded services, but it is very ad-hoc and not a lot of thought goes into deciding which ones. I think I donated to Wikipedia a few years ago, and I donated to a local public radio station once. It usually happens after I use a service for awhile and suddenly think “hmm, I want the people who make that to know I appreciate their service.”
I don’t think it’s ever been anything more than $20. And again, no rigorous decision making process, something about $20 just seems right as an “appreciation donation.” The dollar amount might go higher if I ever encountered a user-funded service that I believed needed more from me to stay afloat.
Thanks so much for sharing your perspective! That’s basically what I’ve been doing so far.
But I’ve started feeling the urge often enough that each appreciation donation makes me worried about my overall approach to appreciation donations — which seriously distracts from the warm fuzzies I was trying to buy in the first place.
I occasionally donate to user-funded services, but it is very ad-hoc and not a lot of thought goes into deciding which ones. I think I donated to Wikipedia a few years ago, and I donated to a local public radio station once. It usually happens after I use a service for awhile and suddenly think “hmm, I want the people who make that to know I appreciate their service.”
I don’t think it’s ever been anything more than $20. And again, no rigorous decision making process, something about $20 just seems right as an “appreciation donation.” The dollar amount might go higher if I ever encountered a user-funded service that I believed needed more from me to stay afloat.
Thanks so much for sharing your perspective! That’s basically what I’ve been doing so far.
But I’ve started feeling the urge often enough that each appreciation donation makes me worried about my overall approach to appreciation donations — which seriously distracts from the warm fuzzies I was trying to buy in the first place.