Personally, I never donated before, mostly cuz I never saw a link. As soon as I did, I donated $60. I figure this place has kept me from making $1000's of dollars of mistakes, so donating $5 per month seems reasonable to me.
I'm sure the mods and web guys don't get a whole hell of a lot of $$ for doing this important work. My site has been pretty much the same for 12 years, but I still have maintenance fees for scripts, certificates, backups of date, yada yada. I guarantee. you I don't have immense knowledge available compared to this site.
If you felt pressured, ok, it wasn't the owners. But if a member pressures you, I'm sure it's more of a "Support your already expensive hobby in a forum that gives so much back to you." angle.
Maybe you've been a free loader for years (like I was), but IMO, it's time for people who enjoy, use and benefit from sales here to ante up.
I've sold about $1000 over the years from this site, my 5-6% donation of those sales seemed fair. And I'm going to continue to donate $5 a month until I'm no longer a member here.
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