(hullebulle @ mar. 07 2004,15:00 Wrote: (bhellium @ mar. 07 2004,00:26 Wrote:can people write a message to the person he/she is donating to thru paypal?
if so what if you were to open a new topic in the forum named "pay per feature"?
here people can describe the feature they want. and then donate money and writing in the message what feature they are paying for?
i think that way may cause some trouble. if someone suggest a new feaure and pay for it the same second he will be upset if it won't be coded within the next weeks even if it is a silly or impossible feature, don't you think?
it would be better to provide a list with possible future additions and to start coding after a fixed amount of money has been donated. but even this way wouldn't fit into the current way of development very well imho.
i don't think the idea is that bad. i think it actually is the best of other alternatives (some of which i suggested previous in thread).
it should be understood that there are rules for such a forum: no time frame to pick up on bugs, and only when the developers have time, and then no time-frame on implementation, or amount of features at once.
if users don't adhere to these rules, both written and unwritten, then a moderator should lock the thread and change the topic to say: closed due to spamming
all in all, i think a forum should be done with "things you'd donate for" or similar, but with the idea behind it, that moderators make the rules, and that one should only bid with understanding of this.
it would rule, i think, if such a forum was not too money centric, but it'd suck because people suck. and sometimes people don't appreciate and sometimes people don't keep their promises.