You can directly support Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)

29 points·dflock··8 comments

I use MDN almost every day, but had no idea that it was possible to directly support them. I just found out about two ways:

- Sponsor for $ a month: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/

- Buy Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mdn-store/

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They fired the MDN team of technical writers. What is this funding exactly?

> What does the money go towards?

> The money collected through MDN (minus processing fees, taxes, etc.) will be reinvested back into MDN. We will publish a monthly report on MDN Web Docs showing what work was completed.

> What will MDN user funding pay for?

> Currently, Mozilla pays for site operations and overhead (including staff writers and web developers). MDN user payments will fund accelerating current projects or launching new ones, including: Adding more content, and updating current content, Improving performance of the site, Modernizing the MDN platform, Adding offline access to MDN, Supporting integrations with popular developer tools, More tutorials and guides, Training and webinars

In light of the recent news, that means very little.

They're still hosting & running it, and I think Chris Mills is still there?

Hm, I'd like to donate, but their subscription page is 404 right now...

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/payments/management/

Yeah, doesn't look like that works any more, sadly. The merch store does, though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Seems like Mozilla didn't do enough to publicise this option at the time it was made available. At least Wikipedia put an in your face notice when doing a funding drive. It might annoy people but it is effective.

Apparently the sponsorship thing doesn't work anymore, but it looks like the merch store does.

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