The next Lemmy version will add a donation dialog, which is shown once a year to every user, in order to increase the amount of donations for Lemmy development. You can see the current text in the screenshot above and in the translations repo. You can also checkout the frontend PR. Is there anything you would change about the text?

Edit: This is how the final design looks like:

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    Should be more obvious that this is for the project and not the instance.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    You could add a word or phrase to remind people that it’s being given away for free to anyone that wants to run it. That might get people to think about any benefit they are getting out of it, and how much they want to donate in response.

    I’m not sure what is the best wording for that, but just be careful in case someone misunderstands and thinks it might become paid someday. I’ve seen that complaint in the past

    For example, this could be misinterpreted:

    and if you want to keep using it for free

    You can also add a note about the frequency of the messages. Saying that you will only remind people once a year is nice to hear, and that way people won’t dismiss it thinking they will do it when they are reminded the next time

    • Nutomic@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      Thanks for the suggestions. I changed the first sentence to “Lemmy is an open source project developed by volunteers and provided for free”, and changed the hide button text:

      Edit: Also shortened the title so it fits in a single line:

  • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    Feels too wordy and impersonal. How about

    Support Lemmy Development

    Lemmy is developed by volunteers and provided for free. We do not track, advertise or charge you for profit. Nevertheless, our developers need money to pay their food and rent. If you like to use Lemmy and want to see it improved and updated, please support us with a donation

    - Nutomic & Dessalines

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Also I assume you’ll fix the button alignment, because it’s quite annoying

    • Nutomic@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Thanks, changed the link.

      Edit: Nope that broke the thumbnail, uploaded it to Lemmy directly now.