Forum Forum donations

People who made one donation are always considered a donator

So the reasoning is people who donate want at least one permanent thing to tell everyone else that they donated even if only once. Which I think is fair.

 

I don't get this part.
Edit: Ok, I get it. It just bothers me...

 

You hit it spot on the nose, my friend.

 

See that banner that says "Forum Donator" under your name? That tells everyone you're a donator.

If your yearly or 6 month thingy expires, you're apparently no longer a "forum donator" despite the fact you donated, even if only once. But you're still technically a donator. Most people want to show it off, otherwise banners and such wouldn't exist. It may sound petty but it makes logical sense.

 

The difference being a donator can donate and give as much money as he wants at any time, they aren't limited to this thread. Since this thread offers something for donation, however big or small a title next to your name is, it's drawn people to donate and thus generates money; there would be a lot less donations if there was no offer put down.

Anyone can just turn around and say it's a donation so it doesn't matter what you're getting the fact is your donating but since there is a offer in place for donating people are going to want to discuss what they're getting and what they do/don't like about it.

To be perfectly honest it makes it less of a donation because you're paying for something you want, even if its the status of donating. No matter how small it is its still bringing in money so its all good but if people want to keep the status of Donator, since it only appears once you've donated, you can see why they wouldn't like to lose it after a set period of time and donate just to keep their status.

Ultimately you explained my view in the way the system is working, this entire thread is about getting something back for donating so unless it was a thread that offered nothing and was just asking for donations then fair enough, anyone can donate on their own choice after all.

Big companies do it too; they offer toys or cuddly things, offer your chance to be in a prize drawing, give you a reward after a certain amount, say you'll get letters back from a animal, a person or whatever. It's the incentive to donate so come on, it's not really that hard too grasp. The fact you're wearing that title means that you're joining in and fair enough but if anyone wants to spill out morals and "you should donate because you should be helping them" they can go ahead and donate as much as they like anonymously as well.

 

That's exactly what I mean. By the way, I still can't connect paypal to my bank account :( I want to donate, but I can't lol :p anyone knows how this works? I don't have a creditcard.

 

Yea, that's Google. I know how to do it, he just doesn't find my bank account.

 

I did and he says my bank account can't be found. It's a normal, legitimate bank account in the Netherlands, nothing weird about it.

 

Yea I got ING too :( Well I will try again later then...

 

Woosh, donated :)

 

More skulls to add to the Skull Throne interesting.

 

Ummm... I think i'll look for it.

 

step 1. i donate
step 2. i get something
.. this is buying not donating

 

It's still donating. The perks you get are just incentives.

 

And thanks for reading the previous posts. This was not about that. It was about the fact that with an expiring banner, it seemed like you were no longer a donator, but only for six months. In other words: There should be either no banners or permanent banners. And since the first option can no longer be fullfilled, the second is the only one left.