What is a "WP Supporter"?

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Yeah, I guess its fair. As long as there's honesty to what the donations are for.

I have thought long and hard about this. I spend a lot of time on WP, and I get a lot of value out of it. I earn a good living, and I have enough money to donate support to the things that I believe in, and WP is one of them.

But unlike a donation to the society that runs my community centre, or the society that runs my local theatre, here there is no corporate structure to limit liability.

So far as I am aware, WP is organized as a sole proprietorship. Advertising revenue and supporter donations are Alex's personal income, from which he defrays the expenses of the site. So, if I become a funder of Alex and Alex's activity, and if WP winds up as a defendant in litigation, each and every one of the WP supporters is potentially attachable as a defendent, because each of them has made a financial contribution to the site's operation.

If WP supporter was a "premium membership" category for which a distinct benefit was available, I would happily buy it--for in that case I would merely be a consumer of a service.

If WP supporter involved contribution to a registered charity or non-profit corporation, then I would happily contribute, because the corporate personality would provide a liability shield.

But in the present structure, I simply have to forego, and it makes me unhappy, because this is something that I truly do want to support, but I cannot assume that risk.

I haven't read everything on this thread but are there ways to donate without doing the monthly membership option I would be interested in donating periodically when I have extra money & I don't need a badge but it would be nice. Do the badges say what level donater the member is or are they all the same

The badge just means that you have donated your money to WrongPlanet and its to say "Thank You".

At one point there were color codes for levels but I don't know about now. I also don't know if the badges have been updated in any way recently.

If each level had different badges; the golds might start gloating to the bronze or something. I'm thinking about the bronze option. I'm starting to have a little more money in the bank thou I still have a bit of debt to pay off & I'm hoping I'll get a job soon. I payed for a membership on another site recently to help out. The cost was $20 but I spread it out over 4 months & still have two more $5 payments left. After that depending on my financial situation; I'll sign up