@SteppinRazor

Cite?

@JGSchaeffer @stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

Ahh okay. Well…I guess we’ll just keep doing what we’re doing. 😐

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

“Talking to J.”

J sees everything. Posting in this thread is “talking to J.” If no one likes my idea, that’s fine. Perhaps come up with your own?

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

I think talking about ideas never hurts.

There’s a problem. It involves money and economics and psychology.

I see that a few people in this thread are getting upset/frustrated. I’m not sure why.

In the seven years of CoSo’s existence, we’ve rarely made 100% funding.

Maybe trying (or even discussing) new ideas is a good idea? Or maybe not. I’m doing my fair share. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

The “ask” every month probably gets a little tedious. Paying an extra $5 a month automatically, if you can, doesn’t. Anyone who can afford $10 a month will just pay it, and every little bit helps. These bills come up regardless of how much J raises. And J has to pay the remainder of whatever we, the users, don’t cover.

I once did Patreon, but I heard the fees are higher than what J has here for the regular subscription users?

What are the drawbacks of tiers?

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

True…however, is there any link between Patreon and here though? You can’t be “Pro” as a Patreon exclusive person, can you?

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

It’s similar to NPR in that we need to do regular fund raising events, otherwise J pays at least 50% of the -huge- bill each month.

It’s dissimilar to NPR in that we don’t receive -any- outside funding. It’s all from users. No federal arts funds. No ads. No supporting organizations.

So that means: more users pay who aren’t currently paying and/or some users who -can- afford to pay more, do.

Math and psychology.

@stueytheround @kay_dub @pendrag

I guess we’re looking at two things:

1) An automatic debit tier from $5 to $10 means that people can set it and forget it - just like they do with the $5 Pro currently. Anything that requires manual intervention is goof to be forgotten about by some people.

2) I certainly don’t mind asking/helping every month to “push the needle” toward 100% funding but those DonorBox donations are one time deals, no matter how great they are. They just help that month.

@kay_dub @pendrag

Some folks like recognition. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just trying to brainstorm additional ways to help fund CoSo. It makes me sad to think J pays so much for this awesome place every month! It way easier for 1000 people to pay $5 more per month.

And yes, I do the Pro monthly but also do the random DonorBox donations.

The benefit of an automatic $10 versus $5 here through the official system is, for folks who are already Pro, it’s just one charge from one place, $10 versus $5.

@Knitpurrl

https://youtu.be/tTEZXbnjhGk

* Completely optional
* No additional benefits
* Does not change regular Pro level at all
* Only for those who can afford it and want to help out a little more and get some additional in-game content

I think I’d like to see a Premium Tier membership at CoSo. Maybe a special Platinum checkmark or logo or whatever. $10 per month versus $5 per month. Maybe you don’t get anything else but that slightly different colored logo? Just, numerically, it got me wondering at what point would CoSo be financially self-sustainable? If all the pre-existing CoSoPro users elected to shift up to the $10 plan, would that do it?

#AmaRandomThoughts

@CinnamonGirlE

Me too!

@CinnamonGirlE

🧄🍞💚

@th3j35t3r

And for those curious:

https://youtu.be/IcMzlF9CvBw

(I know it’s part two but it answers some fun questions.)

@raspberrypanda

“Big Squishies.” We know who named -those-. #Subtoot

@th3j35t3r

Holy shit the DMZ though! 😹

@InvaderGzim

This is something you’d like a copy of?

@raspberrypanda @Notokay @Fiikus_goddess

OnlyPandas! 😹

@th3j35t3r @AverageCitizen

But you can absolutely set the MX record for your domain over to Proton Mail and use your domain completely seamlessly with PM in a secure fashion.