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Russell Brown

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:22:50 +1300

there probably an optimism bias whereby readers think the site’s journalistic efforts are showered in commercial returns when, I suspect, the opposite is more the case.

Yeah – over the years some people have always thought I've been coining it from display advertising and I have to explain that the…

Hugh Wilson

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:00:31 +1300

Er, why would a private blogger feel obliged to produce reports to the public on their profits, or even their revenue, full stop.

I think revenue as opposed to profit is the more apt lens ... as for the reporting, there probably an optimism bias whereby readers think the site's…

Alex Clark

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:43:38 +1300

Hey everyone, thanks for your feedback! To try and streamline this process, it would be great if everyone could please use our contact form to submit their feedback via email. This will help me keep track of everything more easily, in one place. Here’s a link :)

https://www.presspatron.com/contact.html

In response…

Sam M

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:48:03 +1300

Heh, thanks. Looks like it didn't work. I had assumed it did because I received the email. Will use the link.

Another bit of feedback re Safari on iPad. When I clicked to support, it opened up a box in the middle of the page which asked me to enter…

Trevor Nicholls

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:38:24 +1300

I have no idea whether I have successfully subscribed to the PA updates list or not. The checkbox in my presspatron account is ticked, but when I click on the link in the "confirming your subscription" email I get the error "publicaddress.nethttp’s server DNS address could not be found."

Sacha

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:17:29 +1300

More info about their security policies can be viewed here

Thanks Alex. Maybe good to add that link from your site somewhere? And my thanks for what you and your colleagues have done so far. Important for the future of meaningful media in NZ.

Alex Clark

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:37:02 +1300

Quick question Russell – I presume you are turning off our Paypal payments?

Hi John, it is my understanding that PayPal supporters will need to login into their PayPal account to cancel their contributions. Russell will be able to confirm this, though. He might have plans to manually check whether…

Alex Clark

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:20:50 +1300

Made a one-off contribution, and was surprised that my credit card number was stored. There is no option to clear the credit card number. Nor is there any “contact us” information or “home” button on the accounts page.

Hey Brent & Russell, we’re working on features to make our platform more…

Alex Clark

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:12:44 +1300

when it asked me to enter a password to create an account, it just hung from that point and never actually confirmed that an account has been created. That was on an iPad.

Hey Sam, we recently fixed a bug that was preventing some users from creating an account if…

John Holley

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:02:57 +1300

Quick question Russell – I presume you are turning off our Paypal payments?

Sacha

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:46:08 +1300

Delighted to be able to chip in a wee regular amount last week. Did notice a couple of minor UX issues that seem simple to address as the service evolves.

I like the idea of Russell and others having some funding available if a post/series requires travel, phone calls, buying…

Sam M

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:37:12 +1300

Signed up for a monthly. The biggest issue that has prevented me in the past is not knowing what is appropriate. I get that you want to leave that to individuals, but that in itself can become a mental block.

In this new world, I really don’t know how to…

TracyMac

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:16:26 +1300

Er, why would a private blogger feel obliged to produce reports to the public on their profits, or even their revenue, full stop.

Or are you referring to "back end" features that will make the product more useful from an accounting perspective, particularly for websites with multiple authors and/or which…

Robert Urquhart

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:40:33 +1300

Minor issue: only the Info For portion of the Info For Readers link in the footer is linked.

... I suppose I should really use their contact form to tell them that directly.

Robert Urquhart

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:37:26 +1300

OK I have found where to log in on the PressPatron website, but where/how the heck do I create a subscriber account?

Kim Wilson

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:02:06 +1300

Any chance of a weekly contribution? (I get paid weekly so would find that easier but suspect there could be additional overhead costs to set up all options.)

Russell Brown

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:06:31 +1300

Questions of transparency, paygrades, profits and superprofits are still open. And I know these, especially the later, may not apply to Public Address.

As I said, I'll publish the monthly income. Questions about profits would be a wonderful problem to have, but if we got to $2000 income a month…

Russell Brown

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:58:13 +1300

Noted.

Brent Jackson

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:52:51 +1300

Made a one-off contribution, and was surprised that my credit card number was stored. There is no option to clear the credit card number. Nor is there any "contact us" information or "home" button on the accounts page.

Kevin McCready

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:23:22 +1300

Questions of transparency, paygrades, profits and superprofits are still open. And I know these, especially the later, may not apply to Public Address. In a more perfect world it would be nice to see them handled in a public funding model.

Public Address

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:23:22 +1300

Discussion from blog post.