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Comment by dahart | Hacker News Reader

It is on the roadmap https://trello.com/b/5hM0CjId/shadertoycom-roadmap

And there is a donation system in place https://www.patreon.com/shadertoy

I don't think this project needs more money; they need people who give a shit. (There's a setting that makes the site functional, but you have to register to get to it? What?)

I'm not affiliated with ShaderToy, though I love it. Would you mind clarifying all three of those points? What does giving a shit mean, do they need volunteers to work on the site? And are you sure they don't need money? $700 / month isn't much; having run a lower profile website myself, I'd be surprised if $700 even covers server costs, and it definitely doesn't pay anyone for their time. And what is this setting that makes the site functional? I want that.

I think the technical wtf should become clear if you look at the entire comment tree starting at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16041209

But yeah, to clarify: What they primarily need is someone who gives a shit about the site being functional, secondarily money to cover operating costs. Before the first need is covered, just blindly giving some loose group money seems like it would have a high potential of going to waste.

You just convinced me to donate. ;) ShaderToy is free. I'll have to donate for a while just to cover the value I've already gotten from it, and it is a gold mine of share & remix techniques. It seems a bit cynical to call donating to ShaderToy "blindly giving some loose group money", and to just assume the money would be wasted. Since ShaderToy exists, and since it is pretty awesome, and since I know who made it, and since they have a Patreon account asking for money, I assume it will be used towards making more of the awesomeness they already made, improving the experience of the site, and I assume the money won't go to waste, the potential for that seems fairly low to me. Anyway, if it's not your thing, definitely don't use it and don't donate. But do have a happy new year, Cheers!

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