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Should we have a day where we, as a community, go out of our way and thank our maintainers? (reddthat.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Was reading this article, and it got me thinking. There's lots of people who are happy to complain at length, but what if we made it a point to pick a particular day each year to express our collective gratitude for the work people do for FOSS?

Whether in the form of donations or kind words (maybe even joining a project), it might be something that helps keep people going on the things they love but for which they don't get a lot of appreciation.

Curious to hear y'all's thoughts.

Edit: Someone mentioned I Love Free Software Day, which is cool that it exists. I like the idea behind it, but I'm hesitant to piggyback upon a well-known holiday, for fear of being wholly overshadowed (Valentine's Day is already stressful enough for some people).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Where is the preferred way to express gratitude through kind word and financial support.

For example, lemmy developers can be help through Patreon, but what % of the donations stays with Patreon?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can find the details of Patreon's fees on their help page covering that topic.

https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/11111747095181-Creator-fees-overview

It's not a flat rate, but it's anywhere between 5-12%, depending on how you choose to use their platform.

ETA: lots of devs have a Kofi link or similar, and some will indicate what kind of support they prefer. But my idea is more about getting people to be mindful that FOSS isn't free of cost and to encourage the people that keep communities like this one going!