Right now, we have about 20,000 users in steemauto.com! some minnows, dolphins, and whales. if we request 0.05 or 0.1 SBD per month or $0.1 upvote per month, that will cover server costs for now.
I don't think this math is going to work out. I'm sure that many of those accounts could 100% upvote every day and not pay up $0.10 SBD value per month unfortunately. That's just the distribution on the platform. On the other hand I completely support the idea of you guys at least covering expenses. If donations didn't work out please try just asking for a flat amount like what was also discussed. Many people still have a very bad taste in their mouths after one of the last automated voting apps hijacked everyone's voting power to pay themselves thousands of dollars for an abandoned project. I'm not saying you'll do that... but the comparison and potential for abuse will be brought up by more than just me.
I understand.
We still receive some useful ideas about steemauto. I will do my best in this case.
Thanks anyway. Already we have that upvote system in steemauto and some users (thanks to them) already added @steemauto to their fan list without any force!
For sure, when the option to make a selection gets made, possibly include the option to pay months in advance. I've already spoken to several people that will pay up a year in advance, which will probably help buy time to get the other people sorting out their payment methods etc. I know devs get a hard time about charging for their work, I appreciate transparency. As long as you let people know what you're doing and why it makes sense. It's the devs that don't tell people they are taking a third of their post rewards or just use voting power without permission that seem to get everyone's attention unfortunately. Keep up the good work guys.
Also thank for the reminder, everyone can if they want chose to support by fan listing @steemauto.. I'll be adding mine right away.