Comments on: SuperCheer http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/ makers of 43 Things, 43 Places and a few other things Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:05:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: asterisk http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11525 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:03:50 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11525 Is there a way to deauthorize supercheering for an account and purge the credit card info?

]]> By: DeadWriter http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11468 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:59:47 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11468 As noted above, I would love an automatic donation, or the option of giving more than just a dollar here and there.

I have worked for NPOs for most of my life as either paid staff or as a volunteer. One overlooked problem with offering premiums, like the intangible Super Cheer, or the very tangible T-shirt is what is sometimes called “Premium Addiction.” People come to associate a premium with donating, and do not as tightly associate the service with the donations. The second problem is cost. Premiums cost. While a super cheers cost may be little (there was a coder involved) a T-shirt cost is great. The margins on such things don’t make sense as a way of generating sustainable revenue for an organization.

While I know that 43things is not a 503c (yet?) it would be nice to contribute to it. It has helped me stay focused.

I really like 43things. It seems to have the “do no evil” mentality. I like the way it is run. I would argue against extra features for donors or charging a subscription fee, but if you guys are strapped for cash, making a case for donations should be done.

In short:
Continue to do no evil.
If you need donations, ask.
Provide a way to donate more than a dollar at a time.
Don’t provide premiums as a way of sustaining this site.
Allow everybody, donor or not, the same access to all features.

Perhaps become a 503c.

Lastly- don’t stick beans up your nose.

]]> By: yelloworange http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11437 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:00:20 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-11437 Hey

The thing about the SuperCheers is that it’s wierd since there are already Cheers which work just fine. It feels a bit overkill to go with the SuperCheers (for myself).

I agree with suggestions:

1. Donate button (Wikipedia has it and I’ve donated there)
2. Monthly or annual fee
3. Products for sale (although I need to stress that they should all be FairTrade or I wouldn’t buy them anyway ;) )
4. Paid for extra functions, such as sub-things or sub-steps (a function I would love btw!)

Love the site!

Hugs

]]> By: pajodama4 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8833 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:30:29 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8833 I like spend time in this website, I have made some good friends and I would like to helt too. I don’t like the “SuperCheer” but I am willing to donate some money ( I think it is not a big deal) I will voluntarily do it on behalf of this great website. Anyways, I wish you good luck on this but I insist, I think it will be better if users make a donation ;)

Happy Holidays Robots!

Love,

pajodama4.

]]> By: Katie~ http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8466 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:03:11 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8466 I’ve rethought super cheers, i’m not as against them as i once was. I mean – i’m not a huge fan of them, but i guess they’re okay now. Everyone’s got over the first shock. I think we’ve learned to accept. AND we support the site, it’s actually a great idea. Like George, i think i’m okay with it now. :)

Love,
Katie. <3

]]> By: gail http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8242 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:52:25 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-8242 What about selling regular cheers? I would pay good money to acquire a stash of cheers I could count on holding onto. Maybe 4 for a dollar? Cheers that don’t go away, but are indistinguishable from the regular cheers, and keep the regular cheers.

]]> By: crazyinagoodway http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-4050 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:27:48 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-4050 An update. I still don’t like the supercheers for many reasons. But I do believe in this site and I do believe that the people who actually own this site are entitled to find a means of compensation. I tried to find other options to give financial support and couldn’t. I would have liked to buy a t-shirt, but looking at the sizing for girls shirts just made me feel fat, and I’m not.

So it came down to two options for me. Be a hippocrite by using supercheers after I said I wouldn’t; or be a hippocrite because I value this site but am unwilling to support it. So I am using supercheers as that is by far the lesser of two evils.

I do hope you continue to explore other options for getting financial support.

]]> By: Geo58 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3889 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:38:06 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3889 You know, I am in such a good mood and thought about this more. DO I have the right to tell an organization how to make money? The same way the organization can’t tell me hjow to run my life. If someone wants to sell “pet rocks” or those “invisible dog leashes” who am I to say naa! So I am going to remove these tow goals on my web page and wish you well on your Super Cheer campaign, and as a consumer, if you ever come up with a product that I am interested in, I will purchase it, Maybe even a 2XL pink colored “43 things” T-shirt for my Code Pink Boston group, who knows.

I can admit if I made a mistake; so, I am apoligizing for voting against this money making campaign, and sell all the Super Cheers you want, I just won’t be buying them. BTW-I don’t want to see you guys shut down and go out of business, because this web site I considr to be the best thing since sliced bed and has really changed my life in more ways than I can ever imagine, you Robots Rock!

Have a Nice Day!

((((((((((((huggs))))))))))

Love,

George :)

]]> By: SweetJenny http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3776 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:15:06 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3776 I have really, really enjoyed my six months of “belonging” on 43T. Many’s the time I’ve used all my cheers then seen one shining comment or goal and wished there was a way to buy a new bucket o’ cheers. To me there is a little disconnect between the randomness of the popup to elect to upgrade to SuperCheer – and the idea that the Super Cheer is somehow more special than a regular cheer. I can’t intentionally SC someone- I just have to wait for the random option to do it? I’ve seen so many sweet, spontaneous outpourings: cheer bombing newcomers, cheerbombing absent friends, cheer bombing people having a bad week. What about being able to purchase a cheerbomb package – 25 cheers or something for a special occasion? If the site needs extra funding – I also like the ideas of (1) a ‘donate now’ button and (2) subscription or annual dues. If there are particular capital projects to fund you could state the funds needed and have a cool graphic showing how close you were to the goal and a ‘donate now’ button? Maybe a combination. Subscriptions, extra charges for special features , and some number of annual projects to be funded by direct appeal ?

]]> By: Katie~ http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3691 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:52:12 +0000 http://blog.robotcoop.com/2007/10/18/supercheer/#comment-3691 i think i understand what you are all trying to do, but i know that if i was given a super cheer, i would feel really bad because i wouldn’t be able to give one back. There are lots of other people on this site not yet old enough for a credit card as well. I’m speaking for the youth of 43T, atleast the some i know. i don’t know how this is going to go… I think next time you try anything like this, you might want to ask us… if that makes sense. I’m not trying to be mean, or anything, just a good 43 Thinger, i also don’t appreciate the pop-up thing. we should atleast be able to decide whether or not we want it there. I appreciate what you Robots are doing. Keep it up… but please make some changes as to the super cheers. And as many people have said before me, we’re welcome to support 43T site, we just want to use our money towards something else. Thank you.

-Katie, <3

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