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interesting thoughts here. would anyone be interested in a public list of donators on the website? – with Dynamic Applications, it would have to be fully automated, or it won’t work out in the long run (with 99 ct donations). There’s probably a way to allow everyone donating to enter their Website and Name if they want, but if you do it like that, it’s really more like “selling a back-link for a donation” for interested parties…
As for myself, i think the key driver for me to publish my work as freeware (also a kind of donation or contribution, isn’t it?)
It is really the wish to do something reasonable or senseful and find confidence myself in being a provider or “builder” of something useful. So my lifetime was not all wasted. So, i wish to provide something really useful, but at the same time stay private. It’s definitely not a rock-star thing. I love the fact to have thousands of downloads from all over the world (virtual fame), but at the same time just walk out of the door here in this small village, and my neighbor or the people next street never visited my website and treat me just as the guy they’ve seen around who’s living somewhere next door. So that everything stays normal, in a way.
from my perspective, it’s an inventor thing. There’s rockstars and then there’s also inventors, amd i’m not saying rockstars won’t work hard for their success as well. I think there’s a difference in motivation or basic need. Apart from that, as for the key question, here at Dynamic Applications, we’re so happy about a donator, that i’d rather say the 999 others are selfish, if at all. We offer everyone to pay with a Tweet. And from my perspective, that personal recommendation may be worth much more (since 2016, 10 thousands of people from all over the world have recommended, faved or retweeted us). Just my 2 ct.
Can we give without the expectation of compensation for this action? After my very first donation at the nearby charity shop, I caught myself thinking „I have contributed to the community so I am to be praised for covering these opportunity costs”. Am I a hypocrite fallen angel? After investigating the issue, I am relieved that even philosophers have contemplated about the existance of pure unselfishness.
Being socialized in a secular society I looked for factual evidence to justify my shameful narcissism. According to the scientific approach the way our own brain is wired is responsible for our unique personalities and preferences. Our decision-maker centers consist of neurons incorporating the wisdom of the whole evolutionary process. Individuals willing to come together and meet the needy’s necessity definitely have contributed to the survival of the species. Here roots the reasons charitable giving activates the pleasure center of our brains.
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