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Re:Inside a viral website by zepearl on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:20PM (#26651780)
Yeah, as a (small/tiny) donator for 3 projects so far I personally liked Patreon - neat, simple, it works.

There are 3 other projects to which I'd like as well to donate something but they're all using different services ( https://donorbox.org , https://ko-fi.com , https://liberapay.com ) => I don't want to lose control over my donations and creating accounts there as well would have that effect on me.

Therefore, I think that somebody that would like to receive donations should try make multiple options available - hoping for the opposite (that whoever donates will use the specific service that you chose) won't work.

Re:Inside a viral website by selcuka on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:00PM (#26654901)
What we need now is a donation service aggregator.

Any donations for this idea?

Re:Inside a viral website by ryantgtg on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:32PM (#26655216)
Take my dollar!

Seems like linktr.ee does a good job of aggregating links. So, the "donate" link could link to that, which then displays a bunch of options. However, I believe that a familiar icon - like the patreon icon - helps people make decisions.

Re:Inside a viral website by selcuka on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:43PM (#26656457)
My idea is the other way around, it does not require the content providers to change the way they want to get paid.

I was thinking of an aggregator for the donator, i.e. something that aggregates your multiple accounts on multiple donation services.