MetaTalk posts tagged with donations

Movember

Plutor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:14:49 -0800

Is anyone else participating in Movember? Is there a MetaFilter team? Should there be? Would it be completely outrageous to solicit donations that go towards prostate cancer research?

Where would a donation solicitation live

k8t — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:20:43 -0800

Where would a donation solicitation live? I am going to be leaving for Armenia in 2 months and I get to bring 160 pounds of stuff with me for free. I won't need that much, so I am going to bring donations for an NGO in Armenia, Orran, that helps socially vulnerable people (generally street kids and elderly without families). They do amazing work. I'd like to open it up to MeFites who may have winter coats or other essentials that they'd like to donate. I'll be teaching computer classes for them, so perhaps old laptops (desktops are probably too heavy) would be good as well. Would projects be a good place for this? Is this bad use of the site? I realize that lots of MeFites know lots of worthy causes and work for great NGOs. But it might be a rare opportunity to ship 160 lbs. of stuff for free and have me directly give the items to those who need it. Thanks!

Metafilter.com loves ze frank to the tune of $250

disillusioned — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:08:39 -0800

Metafilter.com loves ze frank to the tune of $250. Cool. (Note: I didn't buy the duckie.)

Music donations

beniamino — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:55:13 -0800

I would like to see a mechanism whereby MetaFilter Musicians were encouraged to accept donations (PayPal links?) and listeners were encouraged to donate. I would far rather donate to my favorite artists here than prop up Sony Corp.

An update on MiHail memorial donations.

arse_hat — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:24:23 -0800

An update on MiHail memorial donations.

We are collecting donations to benefit an organ donation charity in memory of MiHail.

jessamyn — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:06:25 -0800

We are collecting donations, in cooperation with MetaChat, to benefit an organ donation charity in memory of MiHail. (announcement of MiHail's death at Mefi & MeTa; related mecha post) [mi]

Sometimes I need more then one question a week

Izzmeister — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:20:15 -0800

Sometimes I need more then one question a week...

I'm thinking a feature would be nice where you could ask "4 questions a month" in stead of once a week.. or have unused questions (say you odnt ask a question on MeFi for a month) that would be "banked"?

alternately, I was thinking of "donate a question" or "extra questions dispensed" based on being selected as best answer?

MeFi generosity inspires house fire victims to Katrina/Rita relief

Dreama — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:55:12 -0800

A follow-up to a most incredible show of Metafilter generosity. (More inside)

Why isn't there a donation link on the front page?

keswick — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:45:53 -0800

Why isn't there a donation link on the front page? Something Awful has been raising $3 grand for the Red Cross every hour.

Would you like to help out u.n. owen?

FlamingBore — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:03:02 -0800

You all remember how u.n. owen was set to audition for Jeopardy a couple months back? Recall how a string of bad luck kept her from doing so?

Seems things are still bad for her. When I saw this post in AskMeFi I contacted her just to check in and see how things were going. She's in a bit of a bind and I hope it doesn't embarrass her, but I thought there might be a few MeFites with a little extra pocket cash. Anyone feeling altruistic? [Details inside]

server donation request

troutfishing — Fri, 07 May 2004 14:49:59 -0800

Here's a direct approach to the constant metafilter downtime : what would it cost (roughly) to pay someone to port Metafilter to a more reliable platform, and are there enough site members who care sufficiently to foot the bill ? Couldn't Matt just put a little permanent add/plea for $ donations - along with the amount collected and the amount still needed - on the front page ? Why not ?

Is anyone else dissapointed in the results?

keithl — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:46:13 -0800

Is anyone else dissapointed in the results of this ?

So how about a Pledge Drive?

willnot — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 20:55:11 -0800

So how about a Pledge Drive? My local NPR station is begging for money again, and I was thinking - you know I'd rather give my $1/day (why that's not even enough for coffee) to MeFi. Currently the donation kitty is at $3,597. I bet we can get that up to $4,500 in no time. What do you say?

HAHAHA...love the pop.

frykitty — Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:08:29 -0800

I pity the fool! HAHAHA...love the pop. And it worked--I toddled right over and donated. Good on ya, Matt.

Donate link in the MeTa header

gluechunk — Tue, 03 Apr 2001 17:50:22 -0800

Someone else wants to see "About MetaTalk" in the void above (right below "MetaFilter Home"). However, I'd like to see a "Donate" link there. Every so often when at Me* I'll say to myself, "Hey, I should donate $1" or I may think, "Hey, how much has Matt managed to get from us?!" and I'll click on Donate. However, when one of those thoughts just hit me a minute ago, I was on MeTa and thus there was no Donate link. Minor request/feature, I know, but it has the potential to raise MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!

"Contribute" link?

thirteen — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:07:55 -0800

Matt, you should put a contribute link on the main menu bar. I mostly use Netscape, and was not paying attention the Amazon disscussion. I only noticed the link on the blue sidebar when I launched Explorer to check out another page, and it defaulted to Metafilter. Might be a more offical place to encourage people to help out more frequently.

The original micropayment discussion

mathowie — Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:10:49 -0800

It looks like affiliate links will be the next no-no that goes in the guidelines. Does anyone have any objections to that?

(I know my original paypal post was straddling/crossing an etiquette line already, but grumblebee's "gimmie $5" post was a bit too much)