Generosity Campaign Update - Day 3
Day 3:
Ok - I have now hit the 3rd day in the Generosity campaign.
This will be my last update of the campaign, unless something exciting happens.
The bit that caught me off-guard and surprised me somewhat was the fact that there are opportunistic companies/people out there looking to make money from those not making money... does that make sense?
Let me give you an example.... after day1, there were $0 donations.
But my campaign did not go un-noticed.... I got a message telling me that my campaign could get a boost !!
How ?
Well, all I have to do is pay someone some money, and they will either generate some traffic, or market my campaign for me on various social media sites.... it will cost me $50 per tweet !!!!
Then I got another message, which told me that I could pay someone to donate a lesser amount to my campaign.... what the ???
The idea is that once people see that someone has already donated, they are more likely to donate. Like a restaurant... once you see other people enjoying a restaurant, you are more likely to choose that one, over the one that has no one in it.
I just couldn't do something like that... I find that deceptive.
If people want to donate, they will, and if they don't want to donate, well that is ok too.....
I have been doing this for a few years now - and my goal is simple.
Ok - I have now hit the 3rd day in the Generosity campaign.
This will be my last update of the campaign, unless something exciting happens.
It has been both a very interesting and lonely experience.
The bit that caught me off-guard and surprised me somewhat was the fact that there are opportunistic companies/people out there looking to make money from those not making money... does that make sense?
Let me give you an example.... after day1, there were $0 donations.
But my campaign did not go un-noticed.... I got a message telling me that my campaign could get a boost !!
How ?
Well, all I have to do is pay someone some money, and they will either generate some traffic, or market my campaign for me on various social media sites.... it will cost me $50 per tweet !!!!
No thanks !!!
Then I got another message, which told me that I could pay someone to donate a lesser amount to my campaign.... what the ???
The idea is that once people see that someone has already donated, they are more likely to donate. Like a restaurant... once you see other people enjoying a restaurant, you are more likely to choose that one, over the one that has no one in it.
I just couldn't do something like that... I find that deceptive.
If people want to donate, they will, and if they don't want to donate, well that is ok too.....
I have been doing this for a few years now - and my goal is simple.
Make Arduino tutorials
- so that others don't have to go through the arduous process that I go through.
Make them easy to read, easy to understand, and freely available,
for everyone to enjoy.
My money jar is here for anyone looking to find it.
Minimum donation = $1 USD
Am sorry - it defaults to $50,
But you can change it to $1
The donation to Generosity.com is not compulsory - you can change that to $0
Minimum donation = $1 USD
Am sorry - it defaults to $50,
But you can change it to $1
The donation to Generosity.com is not compulsory - you can change that to $0
[original story: ScottC]