Funding for q2a system development?

Question

Hi,

I'm fan of this open-source (Q2A). I've been using the system for many years, even since the development of the first versions of the Gidgreen site. There were new versions every month when there was Gidgreen.

Later Scott was responsible for developing the project. Then I have recognized that the development of the system has slowed down. Pupi1985, Q2APro, Sama55, Jatin.Soni also made a great contribution to the development of the site. Of course, I know that it will take a lot of time, but many sites are working based on Q2A. I think the owners of these sites are not against the development of the system Q2A. Therefore, it would be a good idea to organise the donation among users of the system for the development.

For example, I could donate $100-150 every two months. What do you think about raising funds in this way for system development?

You can do as on this site: https://opencollective.com/flarum

Answer 1

We have also been using Q2A now for 5+ years and though we do not have great revenue -- Google Ad click for education content pays on average less than 0.1$ -- we should be able to donate like 100$ once every 1-2 months. Infact we already have started a subscription option for users with a percentage of it dedicated to Q2A. One bad thing about Q2A is only a few developers like Pupi maintains their plugins.

Answer 2

I totally argee with you!

The development are slow down and we need to join hands to push it up! I always wish I can support the Q2A developers not just from buying premium stuffs. 

P.s: here is a related post: https://www.question2answer.org/qa/47757/how-would-you-feel-about-kickstarter-for-plugin-development

Answer 3

I agree with you!

The development is slow down and we need to join hands to push it up! I always wish I can support the Q2A developers not just from buying premium stuff.

Answer 4

I think q2a should develop his own notification system - this is the only thing I miss.

Ops.. and users should block each other.

Id pay monthly, something like patreon, for q2a development.

Answer 5

I can donate 50$ if there's a payment method other than Paypal. PayPal can not be used in Turkey.

Comments

If you are able to find this thing then please let me know as well. I Have been looking for this since very long.