I was frustrated by the lack of a yearly donation option or an option to make a recurring donation of less than $10/month. I almost decided not to give because this communicated that it’s not worth the effort to receive contributions from small-value donors like me. And if it’s not worth the effort to accept, it’s certainly not worth the cost of giving.
However, I decided to give a one-time payment of $10 assuming that this was from ignorance or carelessness. If you’d like to signal that a recurring donation (or more donations from small players like me) are worthwhile, please set up with Liberapay (the GOAT for flexibility—I support plantuml at $0.13 per week, paid biannually) or a similar service that accepts yearly donations.
I’ve been involved with LW for around a decade, so it looks like something I won’t stop using. So, a recurring donation makes sense. I live far from Berkeley, so in-person infrastructure there won’t help me except in the general “decrease AI x-risk” sense. Thus, a donation of hundreds of dollars does not make sense.
I was frustrated by the lack of a yearly donation option or an option to make a recurring donation of less than $10/month. I almost decided not to give because this communicated that it’s not worth the effort to receive contributions from small-value donors like me. And if it’s not worth the effort to accept, it’s certainly not worth the cost of giving.
However, I decided to give a one-time payment of $10 assuming that this was from ignorance or carelessness. If you’d like to signal that a recurring donation (or more donations from small players like me) are worthwhile, please set up with Liberapay (the GOAT for flexibility—I support plantuml at $0.13 per week, paid biannually) or a similar service that accepts yearly donations.
I’ve been involved with LW for around a decade, so it looks like something I won’t stop using. So, a recurring donation makes sense. I live far from Berkeley, so in-person infrastructure there won’t help me except in the general “decrease AI x-risk” sense. Thus, a donation of hundreds of dollars does not make sense.