Or we could setup a free wordpress site and spread the word that the new Hackaday is at newsite.com, and not completely waste $540,000. What a disgrace.
I saw they were going to sell Hackaday the other week and created my own alternative: <a href="http://hackeveryday.com" rel="nofollow">http://hackeveryday.com</a><p>Would love to get a few authors /submitters on board and keep the site free. There are better ways to spend that $500k.
Just so we're clear, I'm putting money towards it so someone else can buy it & make profit? Not sure what I'm getting out of this deal that I'd get it some private company bought it on their own.
How about we don't bother and just subscribe to the Adafruit blog, which covers similar ground but is generally more interesting and timely (IMO)?<p>(Though, granted, it does include ads for Adafruit products, which isn't an issue for me since that's some great targeted marketing).<p>I have nothing against Hackaday, I've followed the site for years, but I'd rather spend money on cool products at Adafruit than toss it into a vague blackhole for purposes I don't quite understand with no guarantee the site will even remain up or relevant to me.
I don't understand what the money buys you. Just fork it, set up a new Hackaday and raise money for a specific purpose. Not to make the people behind the original site rich.
I've got much respect for Jason Calacanis and his "This week in startups" Youtube channel, but I don't see how this benefits the contributors. Half a million donations and the users don't reap the dividends of investment, or earn an interest in the site?<p>Either the site should be sold as an investment so someone gets a real financial interest, or someone should just make "newhackaday.com" as a non-profit and move everyone over there.
Before contributing, you should probably read this:<p><a href="http://hackaday.com/2013/07/15/were-going-to-buy-hackaday/#more-99917" rel="nofollow">http://hackaday.com/2013/07/15/were-going-to-buy-hackaday/#m...</a>
I think the Hackaday site can shed some light on this. It appears that the owner wants to sell and the community wants to buy to preserve it.<p><a href="http://hackaday.com/2013/07/15/were-going-to-buy-hackaday/" rel="nofollow">http://hackaday.com/2013/07/15/were-going-to-buy-hackaday/</a>
"If this is funded, what’s stopping you from buying Hackaday, then selling it and keeping the money?
The same could be said if Jason sells to someone else. At least with this plan there’s some accountability."<p>Is ^this really true? I don't think so.
Odd they list Page Views and not Unique Visitors - page views as a valuation metric really isn't THAT important, as you can inflate/deflate it using design (i.e. split articles onto multiple pages, etc...)