A number of users have contributed to the campaign so far- this is the last day, thus the begging :)

You're missing his point.

Scrap the crowdfunding completely and find SERIOUS (defined as "$1K is nothing") backers for the project -- perhaps a company that wants it.

No, I understood. I chose this format because I'd rather be funded by more, and smaller, contributions than one large sponsor. That might not always be the case, but I think that's where the project is right now.

Interesting, so are you saying you actually really don't care a whole lot about this Neo4j thing one way or the other, such that "If enough random folks will sponsor it I'll work on it, otherwise I'll go do something else." ?

Your actions and your words are not in alignment and so there is some confusion around this whole thing.

The original point was if you care about this project, then make it happen by finding someone willing to pay you to make it happen. If there is value in the project then this will be helpful for them, and paying you $1,000 is chump change (seriously its like a couple of hours of a mid-tier lawyer's time, for example).

If you don't care one way or another, then you don't need to "Beg HN" you just say "BTW, I had this out there, it doesn't look like it is going to fly, but I'd mention it one last time here before it expires to see if someone missed it." If on the other hand you actually do care, (which the wording suggests) then, as the progenitor of this thread suggests you should use a different funding approach.

Of course I care- otherwise I wouldn't have devoted hundreds and hundreds of hours building and maintaining the library, supporting it all over StackOverflow, and participating in the Neo4j mailing list. Your other points are addressed by sibling comments.

Being picky about funding is an interesting concept. If one large sponsor picks up the tab why care about the source of the money? Unless it comes with strings attached but that need not be the case. I still don't get it.

More people giving less money means less pressure for deliverables, and less pressure from a single large entity. He wants to do what he wants to do because he wants it, and as a bonus get paid for it. He's not doing it primarily to make money. That's the way I take it at least.

He is primarily asking (begging even) for money.

Exactly, thanks for clearing that up :)