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Discussion: Do you donate financially to any OSS projects? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If so, how do you choose which ones to donate to? Do you prefer regular or recurring donations? What payment methods do you like to use?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No. I'm from Brazil and I really wanted to contribute to Brazilian developers, because my currency is nothing next to the euro or dollar, so I think: what's the point? I can donate a considerable amount and that would be like 5€, I want to make a bigger impact.

I also really want to see some project or developer from my country grow, but I just can't never find anything that came from here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Donating even a very small amount sends a signal, and makes the developers feel valued. You spent time and effort to send a token amount, that is a strong emotional event.