I think It's fair to say that everyone who benefits from being a part of FP should donate a portion of these benefits back to the cause, Thus to say, if you make a post and tag it with our tag, then some of the rewards you get from that post (which are usually higher than normal) should be channelled back into the community.
I agree the best way to show gratitude for a generous familyprotection upvote is to donate. But also, perhaps more importantly, show gratitude by being active in the familyprotection community. Adding to and promoting good posts. Writing useful posts, adding quality comments, upvoting posts with the tag, resteeming.
When it comes to donations, however, I would say that there is a difference between "should" and "must". I agree, people should donate, but not everyone must donate. The difficulty of operating a generous charity is that people are quicker to receive than they are to give. It just comes with the territory. Encouraging people to contribute back is a good thing, but i'm not surprised at the offence taken when it's implied that they "should" (which could be read as "must") give back. It's like finding cash in your mailbox with a note saying "Thank you for your contribution" and another note saying "You really should give some of this back to promote the charity." The note is correct, freely given, freely given away. But it's up to the recipient of the gift to determine that.
True! And it's up to the giver of the gift to quit giving further gifts ... lol
We can not know until after at least 7 days when someone first starts posting for fp if they will give back to the cause or not. But after the first week, we can stop voting and resteeming. Mark's posts are partly to explain why some people may start to see their posts no longer receive "gifts" from our community.
So you are correct, that nobody has to do anything. They do not have to give back. But then that separates them a bit from the community part of who we are. If you do not give back to whatever community you belong to in real life, the community will start to notice.
We will of course have the occasional "visitor" who makes only 1 or 2 posts about this issue and never planned on continuing on as part of our community, and that is all well and good.
It is mostly those who wish to continue to stay involved, and wish to continue receiving support that Mark is speaking too.
My wife received a gift for her post and her husband (me) converted it all to SP. I didn't realize at the time that a portion was about to be donated. I got in the way of her generosity. But she hasn't forgotten. We both want to support the community and really appreciate what you guys are doing. @ironshield