The Mods are so strictly against any tiny hint of impropriety, they will not accept donations or use ads. And I understand their concerns.
But I do not think they realized how big this would get in such a short amount of time. There has to be a bigger revenue stream to simply pay for the server space to keep it going and make it concrete against DDOS attacks.
I think a solution would be a completely open and transparent donation method and monthly reports on funds in and funds usage.
Personally I am fine with them making a few dimes on it, or a million. Why shouldn't they? It's hard work to moderate this kind of thing. But they feel it would go against what they are trying to accomplish here if they turned into a company. And I get that.
But at least go 501c and accept donations to get server space.
Spez: I say this not because we need TD specifically going forward. But the .win thing is turning into an alternate Reddit, and it could become something yuge. We need a place to go to with real free speech. And this has been the most successful version of that tried.
I used to play on some World of Warcraft Private Servers. After a series of scandals on other servers the one I played on published their expenses and their revenues. Every month they would publish a summary of their finances for those who want an over view and all the raw data as well (we would need redactions of individual contributors to prevent doxxing). If we had a way to donate and the admins folllowed this sort of framework we could have a near continuous good faith audit to promote transparency.
In addition we could have a friendly legal pede, someone like Robert Barnes or Tom fitton from Judicial Watch, form an escrow account into which all the funds would be pooled. This would provide and additional level of transparency and security so the funds are not misused.
TD is getting so big we're censoring OURSELVES.
It's like a bodybuilder being so ripped he can't wipe his own ass.
The Mods are so strictly against any tiny hint of impropriety, they will not accept donations or use ads. And I understand their concerns.
But I do not think they realized how big this would get in such a short amount of time. There has to be a bigger revenue stream to simply pay for the server space to keep it going and make it concrete against DDOS attacks.
I think a solution would be a completely open and transparent donation method and monthly reports on funds in and funds usage.
Personally I am fine with them making a few dimes on it, or a million. Why shouldn't they? It's hard work to moderate this kind of thing. But they feel it would go against what they are trying to accomplish here if they turned into a company. And I get that.
But at least go 501c and accept donations to get server space.
Spez: I say this not because we need TD specifically going forward. But the .win thing is turning into an alternate Reddit, and it could become something yuge. We need a place to go to with real free speech. And this has been the most successful version of that tried.
I used to play on some World of Warcraft Private Servers. After a series of scandals on other servers the one I played on published their expenses and their revenues. Every month they would publish a summary of their finances for those who want an over view and all the raw data as well (we would need redactions of individual contributors to prevent doxxing). If we had a way to donate and the admins folllowed this sort of framework we could have a near continuous good faith audit to promote transparency.
In addition we could have a friendly legal pede, someone like Robert Barnes or Tom fitton from Judicial Watch, form an escrow account into which all the funds would be pooled. This would provide and additional level of transparency and security so the funds are not misused.
My wife is obsessed with T_D and is a lawyer, she’s love to help anyway she can