More than anything,I think it’s the economy. We have Freepers out of work. There are some that are in dire straights. Obama’s plan to kill America is working.
This is definitely one of the problems as of late in FReepathons. The recession has gone on sooooo long that only a few want to part with a dollar.
It may not be more than anything. There is a problem with simply having FReepathons in which we pour money down a dark hole and never know specifically what we're getting for our money except a website that stumbles as much as much as it does.
Now, we've already argued over all the reasons for it, but until the specific solutions are presented, along with the price tags, the donations are not going to come in in appropriate amounts.
It is common sense that we are not going to buy something without looking at the menu, seeing the prices and choosing something that we, personally, can afford. We need to see the choices available.
For instance:
Replace the dead server: approx $xx,xxx, 30 days.
Have John fix the broken Activity tab software: $xx,xxx, 3 months.
Add polling to the home page: $xxx, 7 days
See what I mean? If you give people specific things to spend their money on then they can decide to spend it with confidence. Otherwise they are just pouring money down a dark hole with little feedback and although we thoroughly trust Jim we can't help but think that maybe something more can be done to help things along besides just spending money...