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guessed wrong. All is good now
lolz, check the mods thread, you registered right at the same time that two spammers did... so there were calls to ban you.
you looked legit to me though
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Patreon
I researched a lot of the providers, and Patreon would've worked for us... but, it really only works for a single person.
Open Collective is by far the better option here, it allows multiple people to be on the account and to let different people pay different bills and still be reimbursed and have it done transparently.
There is only a single reason I didn't do Open Collective sooner... you can't migrate subscriptions from PayPal.
But I will cancel all subscriptions, so if this group has their stuff together and are committed to continuing to run LFGSS (and a few of the other sites like Espruino or PignoleFixe)... then start over afresh on OpenCollective whilst you have the goodwill and enthusiasm of people to get the place into a good state, and whilst it has the extreme transparency of showing how it all adds up.
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Wait what's happened to my account?
Did you use the same email as you usually do? I've no idea which account is yours, but it's key'd on the email and if you entered a different email then it creates a new account.
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You might not need it... Open Collective shows the list of donors and gives you the option to declare that or not, and further Open Collective makes it clear if the tank is full or empty... I should've built that transparency sooner as people would likely top it up when they saw it was empty.
But implementing badges and the like, will take more technical integration, and produce a little rift between the haves and have nots... I always like the "pay what you feel it's worth, according to your means"... and largely that does work.
But warm fuzzies come from being listed on the Open Collective page... and some people absolutely do prefer anonymity to donations, so bear in mind that if you add badges that some will want to hide them.
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What I guess we need is an image file that folks can take to the studio of their choice in their area
I've got the vector and other format of the logo as per the top left header.
It was originally designed by Big Daddy Wayne, in fact this whole site looks good because of Wayne.
Line work of that could easily be incorporated into other tattoos, which would give people personalised options
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I'm sure that @velocio has a few trusted friends on here he could ask to review applications.
they.
This community knows who the good people are, I consciously chose to have very few moderators years ago... just @hippy and I, and then a few people for the Ladies section and Polo section.
IMHO you want as few as possible to satisfy yourself that you never have a gap in moderation (coverage across time and when people go on vacation, etc), and the criteria is something like:
- Kind by default
- Virtually never takes things personal, or at least remains very unbiased despite people being asshats
- Patience of a saint
- No desire for power (I've found the best mods are those who never ask for it, hippy certainly didn't)
- Decisive, even if the decision is not to act
Things like consistency come from experience, but also consistency can be gamed... smart people who are trying to bully someone learn where the line is and go right up to it, I try not to make a fixed line, it moves at times, what is acceptable is a fluid thing... or at least, it was before the OSA, you might all deem it to be a very fixed risk averse thing now.
- Kind by default
I'm Dee, and I run this place, I'm 🏳️⚧️ so if you have a problem with that your time on the forum will be short-lived, this space is safe, no TERFs, SWERFs, homophobia, transphobia, ableism... just don't be shitty to others, you can apply whatever constraints to your own life, but you don't get to apply constraints to the lives of others.
My contact details are on my personal website: https://dee.kitchen/