[raganwald]

Donate or don't donate, that's your call. But why are you complaining about him asking for a donation? Why try to "shame" him? What is he doing to harm you?

[kmfrk]

Start-up idea: let Hacker News users pay to berate you for x minutes.

There's a clearly huge market.

[MarkTee]

Although you'll have some competition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

[nealabq]

plus.inyourfacetwit.com, where you have 140 chars to berate anyone, and a whaling-wall for when you really need to get it off your chest.

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[akerl_]

Not sure why you're viewing my comment with such hostility. I was mistakenly under the impression that most of his work is contracted / bounty. He's already clarified his reason for accepting donations below, and I understand. I just think the placement/wording was less than ideal.

[raganwald]

Raganwald! Downvote or don't downvote! Why are you trying to shame akeri_!?

Point, set and match.