[haiku] Re: Donation infrastructure updates (Bitcoin, Goodsearch, Flattr)

  • From: Jonathan Schleifer <js-haiku-general@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 16:38:00 +0200

Am 12.05.2013 um 16:02 schrieb Matt Madia:

> Hi everybody!
> 
> This weekend, several donation methods have been added to give you
> more flexibility in how you can help raise funds for HAIKU. They
> include Bitcoin, Goodsearch, and Flattr and are each mentioned on my
> blog http://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmadia

I see it a little bit problematic to add flattr without any warning, as only 
about 80% of the donations would actually go to Haiku, as there's a 10% flattr 
fee and a payout fee. I think there should be a warning to encourage donors to 
donate by other means. Just a flattr button on the homepage does not make the 
donor think about the best way to donate the money.

Also, there's a privacy problem with the flattr button on the homepage:
<img src="http://api.flattr.com/button/flattr-badge-large.png"; alt="Flattr 
this" title="Flattr this" border="0">

This means flattr can track all users of the Haiku Homepage. As this is already 
the static button that does not show the number of flattrs, there's no reason 
to not copy that png and have it local.

--
Jonathan


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