Hi All-
I am planning a PIXELS support page via the website Patreon.
I have run PIXELS out-of-pocket for almost six years. A couple times I have asked for donations and the community graciously gave and I thank you for that. I did an Indiegogo campaign for a new site a couple of years ago and raised some money, but not as much as we needed. We got a lot done with that money, in any case. Much of it awaiting a real launch of a new site.
What we are planning is to move PIXELS into the Amazon S3 cloud, all twenty-five thousand images. It will become a permanent curated archive of the history of iPhoneography. The only one that exists.
We will, at the same time, launch a new site, probably P1xels.com which I own and am not using, and this will be the daily site. Users will have their own profile pages. We may also offer prints for sale off the new site. I imagine this would be an opt-in thing. We will have forums, since there seems to be a great desire in the community for this.
I want to do this, very much. I am going to ask for support after all this time. It will be totally voluntary. The day-to-day aspect of PIXELS will not change, although the submission process will go back to closer to how it used to be with the Pixels app.
Moving the site will cost money. As will setting up the new site I’m not sure what the new monthly costs are, probably not more than they are now. I hope. But it would be nice to not have to go out of pocket anymore.
So, this is my question I want to pose to the community: which form of support would make the most sense: a monthly flat donation, small donation per post, i.e., five cents, or a small donation per daily pic. This last one might sound odd, but sometimes I spend two hours on it, looking for the right music and poetry/text. Silly of me, but I get lost in the moment. It’s one more thing completely unique to PIXELS.
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The archive sounds like a fabulous thing, and I would love to see that. It also sounds like a phenomenal amount of work. I would be willing to do the per post thing, but it is sort of a PITA, and I imagine the admin of that would be, as well. I wonder if there could not be an annual membership fee, sort of like brick and mortar museums have. You could even have different levels of membership: those for people who just want to look or submit occasionally, and one for those who want to be more active.
Diana- I’d rather make it completely voluntary. When you attempt to abruptly change the nature of the relationship with a group of artists, it can and usually does go wrong. I tried that once and we all paid a price for my mistake. The archive won’t be much work, actually, because it won’t change. Moving it is the hassle, but doable. So I’d rather just keep going as we are and let people contribute at whatever level they want, or not. Thank for taking the time to write. -Knox
I tend to agree with a monthly donation/fee or a fee per pic. Many artists would like to choose as long as they commit to one or the other. P1xels needs to live on.
I trust your decision, Knox, and, like Leon said, I’m always in awe what you do with the daily pic !
Hi Knox,
Whatever you need man, happy to help in any way. For me a monthly fee works perfectly.
Vive P1xels.
Like most of us who feature and look at your site daily, I’m simply blown away by the time you must spend on it, two words mate. In Awe.
Looks like it’s split between charging per post and a flat monthly fee. Why not let the artist make the choice for himself. That would probably get the most response.
Yes, Mary, it does. As soon as I put the July issue of the magazine to bed (tonight I hope!) I will look more closely at this. I think it’s possible to do both.
Which ever is chosen is fine. P1xels is important to the iOS community and artists. P1xels is special and needs to live on…
Whatever method brings you what you need is fine with me too. I trust your decision. I’m happy to support what you do to bring Pixels to the next level.
Whatever method you choose is fine with me Knox. Let me know & that’s what we’ll do. The art community, particularly the iOS community needs a curated place to post, sell, & display their work. Thank you for your continuing efforts to make this happen.
Best regards, Michael