Post AcJ8iUbj7IVabPOrhI by opencollective@mastodon.opencollective.com
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(DIR) Post #AcHG00NYYU43QS9LiC by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-28T20:23:54Z
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I think I'm going to terminate #OpenCollective, I had assumed this is a venture aimed towards helping free software projects, so i never really looked into their cost/fee structure, which comes out to fairly obscene 12-25% of each donation. That's far worse than paypal. The notion that some 25% of a donation is going to them instead of the project is not what I had in mind.I'll be shutting OC down as soon as I can get the funds transferred out.I'll look into patreon/paypal recurring instead.
(DIR) Post #AcHG01DJS3Ss0yMgNs by josemanuel@qoto.org
2023-11-28T21:11:57Z
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@smxi You can look also into @Liberapay. It’s sort of the Fediverse’s choice for this kind of thing.
(DIR) Post #AcHGC7azY82hHbDBQ0 by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-28T21:14:08Z
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@josemanuel @Liberapay thanks, in fact, a guy on my IRC just noted that too. I'm getting my donations out of #OpenCollective because they are a serious ripoff, and I have to apologize to everyone who donated through them since 15-25% of those funds went to OC, not #inxi as intended.I will go with the choice of the fediverse, thanks.I was fooled by the 'open' in opencollective, and didn't investigate them first. Plus I guy recommended them, but I think he was also fooled by the 'open'.
(DIR) Post #AcHc6lH1JTclazifB2 by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-29T01:19:41Z
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@josemanuel @Liberapay Huge thumbs up to @Liberapay - their website was very well executed, the only major weakness is lack of links to @Codeberg repos natively. That needs to be fixed.
(DIR) Post #AcJ8iUbj7IVabPOrhI by opencollective@mastodon.opencollective.com
2023-11-29T18:58:42Z
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@smxi The 25% figure is completely wrong, we have no idea where you got that. Your Fiscal Host, Open Source Collective, takes 10% on incoming contributions and that's about it.For people using the advanced capabilities of the platform (expenses management) and the fiscal hosting side (holding the money and handling accounting and taxes so you don't have to), it's a bargain.If your case is just to collect money and payout to yourself, there are definitely cheaper options.
(DIR) Post #AcJ9oGANoxOJVQvMSe by opencollective@mastodon.opencollective.com
2023-11-29T19:11:57Z
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@smxi @josemanuel @Liberapay About "Open", some ideas:- "Open" as a tool for you to expose your finances transparently- "Open" as a software that is MIT licensed since day one😎
(DIR) Post #AcLKqIqWJh1yCwjKYy by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-30T20:24:58Z
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@opencollective @josemanuel @Liberapay I don't want you following me, you guys are the worst nonsense I've ever seen. please unfollow me, I will never deal with your organzation again, and am deleting my account as soon as the money you are wasting my time releasing is in my bank account.
(DIR) Post #AcLL1vUSyinNFKxOmu by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-30T20:27:08Z
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@opencollective close as I can tell, you exist to give yourself jobs, and use the 'open' part to justify that.
(DIR) Post #AcLMlKLrUXZdKz93NQ by smxi@fosstodon.org
2023-11-30T20:46:32Z
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@opencollective @josemanuel @Liberapay but oddly not open at all when it comes to releasing funds... or the processes used to add the red tape of someone in your organization having any control of the funds at all, re approval. I'd soend less time on empty platitudes and more on fixing what's wrong in your process. And your website, which is one of the least open and clear things I've ever seen.I dislike this abuse of the term 'open' intensely. Symptomatic of the obvious corporate focus.