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Exactly this has been attempted for a limited time in 2018, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/a-new-way-to-support-mdn/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/a-new-

Exactly this has been attempted for a limited time in 2018, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/a-new-way-to-support-mdn/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/a-new-way-to-support-mdn/, and pretty much nobody actually paid.

jbenner-radham 6y ago
Wow you weren’t kidding. I went to the payment page at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/ and it says they only have 44 monthly supporters. I’m going to donate now though, thanks for the heads up on this. Edit: Unfortunately It appears that you can’t donate to MDN anymore because the “manage payments” page 404s.
- donaltroddyn 6y ago
  Have you found a way to donate? All the links on that page are dead for me.
  - jbenner-radham 6y ago
    I have not. Apparently it was a limited time run. :(
    - danpeddle 6y ago
      https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/ ..? I put a note that I’m donating because of X when I do.
- denschub 6y ago
  That was a limited time experiment, which got shut down after it didn't prove very successful. But from that, it's probably a fair guess that it would not perform well if rolled out again today. There are a few very vocal people who want to support MDN, and that's great, but that's probably not true for the bigger audience. :(
  - jbenner-radham 6y ago
    That’s too bad, I wish I knew about it while it was still active.
  - solarkraft 6y ago
    > after it didn't prove very successful It doesn't seem like it proved anything. It seems like barely anyone had an idea it existed.
    - fito 6y ago
      This. I thought I followed Mozilla closely but I never heard about this program until now.
    - giancarlostoro 6y ago
      I was about to comment this. Its a damn shame they didnt leave it active and lightly tugged people on MDN about it... Hell even a few social media esque campaigns about it to raise awareness would of not hurt.
dflock 6y ago
I had no idea that this existed, and I use MDN almost every day.
LockAndLol 6y ago
Because nobody knew about it. I was never aware of this and 2018 was my most active year of web development.

jbenner-radham 6y ago

Wow you weren’t kidding. I went to the payment page at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/ and it says they only have 44 monthly supporters. I’m going to donate now though, thanks for the heads up on this. Edit: Unfortunately It appears that you can’t donate to MDN anymore because the “manage payments” page 404s.

donaltroddyn 6y ago
Have you found a way to donate? All the links on that page are dead for me.
- jbenner-radham 6y ago
  I have not. Apparently it was a limited time run. :(
  - danpeddle 6y ago
    https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/ ..? I put a note that I’m donating because of X when I do.
denschub 6y ago
That was a limited time experiment, which got shut down after it didn't prove very successful. But from that, it's probably a fair guess that it would not perform well if rolled out again today. There are a few very vocal people who want to support MDN, and that's great, but that's probably not true for the bigger audience. :(
- jbenner-radham 6y ago
  That’s too bad, I wish I knew about it while it was still active.
- solarkraft 6y ago
  > after it didn't prove very successful It doesn't seem like it proved anything. It seems like barely anyone had an idea it existed.
  - fito 6y ago
    This. I thought I followed Mozilla closely but I never heard about this program until now.
  - giancarlostoro 6y ago
    I was about to comment this. Its a damn shame they didnt leave it active and lightly tugged people on MDN about it... Hell even a few social media esque campaigns about it to raise awareness would of not hurt.

dflock 6y ago

I had no idea that this existed, and I use MDN almost every day.

LockAndLol 6y ago

Because nobody knew about it. I was never aware of this and 2018 was my most active year of web development.