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Title: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: Blawpaw on August 20, 2015, 09:34:59 PM Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations
Mozilla, the team behind the well-known Firefox browser, recently announced that it was including Bitcoin as one of the many ways people can choose to support the organization. Mozilla is a non-profit organization dedicated to... Read More: http://bitcoinist.net/mozilla-study-shows-bitcoin-negative-impact-donations/ (http://bitcoinist.net/mozilla-study-shows-bitcoin-negative-impact-donations/) Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: aso118 on August 21, 2015, 01:33:10 AM Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Mozilla, the team behind the well-known Firefox browser, recently announced that it was including Bitcoin as one of the many ways people can choose to support the organization. Mozilla is a non-profit organization dedicated to... Read More: http://bitcoinist.net/mozilla-study-shows-bitcoin-negative-impact-donations/ (http://bitcoinist.net/mozilla-study-shows-bitcoin-negative-impact-donations/) Given the high volume of page views to that form during this period, the campaign moderator was concerned that adding any unnecessary text would distract donors and depress non-bitcoin conversions Distraction? I really doubt if a bitcoin symbol occupies that much space. Maybe they just need better designers. Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: pedrog on August 21, 2015, 08:57:17 AM Wikipedia had the same results, it seems when it comes to donations, the more different methods to send money you have the less money you receive.
Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: meono on August 21, 2015, 10:16:07 AM Wikipedia had the same results, it seems when it comes to donations, the more different methods to send money you have the less money you receive. nah thats a lie. Most likely, the financial company, who facilitate most of the donation (cough paypal cough), tell them to take it down. Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: pedrog on August 21, 2015, 12:52:27 PM Wikipedia had the same results, it seems when it comes to donations, the more different methods to send money you have the less money you receive. nah thats a lie. Most likely, the financial company, who facilitate most of the donation (cough paypal cough), tell them to take it down. Paypal already integrated bitcoin: https://www.braintreepayments.com/ Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: gentlemand on August 21, 2015, 01:21:01 PM Wikipedia had the same results, it seems when it comes to donations, the more different methods to send money you have the less money you receive. I can well believe it. When it comes to prising money out of people human psychology is a strange little thing that's easily spooked or upended. I think we underestimate how mindless people can be for much of the day. Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: dukeneptun on August 22, 2015, 08:11:59 AM Bullshit.
I'm sure that's bad propaganda by credit card companies and Paypal. I never donate something if they don't accept Bitcoin. Bitcoin community do the same as well. Title: Re: [2015-08-20]Mozilla Study Shows Bitcoin has Negative Impact on Donations Post by: gogxmagog on August 24, 2015, 08:08:46 AM Bitcoin is still so niche that you can't expect donations in btc unless you are targeting btc users.
I find it odd that giving people a choice hinders donations though. Are gifts to charity really that impulse based? |