A waste of time and money that could be spent on mutual aid.
If I want to donate to mutual aid, I’ll donate to mutual aid. I donate for the success of the site.
That said, if you really want to go down the charity donations route, countless NGOs have mapped this out. Money spent on growth is almost always worthwhile. If we increase our member base, and simultaneously push for donations, we increase both the amount we can donate to ‘mutual aid’ causes and to pushing the site as a whole, with an added benefit that we actually grow our community, which is a form of mutual aid in itself.
Is advertising the scourge of the earth? Yes. Is it gross to be giving money to Google, Facebook and Reddit? Absolutely. But, as trite as it sounds, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. A boycott is a tactic, not a moral imperative. And tactically, boycotting major advertisers hurts us a whole lot more than it hurts them.
This website supposedly loves Deng, whose crowning achievement was harnessing private capital for socialist ends. We shouldn’t be afraid to put into practice the theory we profess.
Edit: all that said, an auto posting watermark bot would be dope, and the sort of thing I’d like to see on the payroll of the marketing budget, once income allows for it.
If I want to donate to mutual aid, I’ll donate to mutual aid. I donate for the success of the site.
That said, if you really want to go down the charity donations route, countless NGOs have mapped this out. Money spent on growth is almost always worthwhile. If we increase our member base, and simultaneously push for donations, we increase both the amount we can donate to ‘mutual aid’ causes and to pushing the site as a whole, with an added benefit that we actually grow our community, which is a form of mutual aid in itself.
Is advertising the scourge of the earth? Yes. Is it gross to be giving money to Google, Facebook and Reddit? Absolutely. But, as trite as it sounds, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. A boycott is a tactic, not a moral imperative. And tactically, boycotting major advertisers hurts us a whole lot more than it hurts them.
This website supposedly loves Deng, whose crowning achievement was harnessing private capital for socialist ends. We shouldn’t be afraid to put into practice the theory we profess.
Edit: all that said, an auto posting watermark bot would be dope, and the sort of thing I’d like to see on the payroll of the marketing budget, once income allows for it.