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Since Firefox's success in getting a New York Times ad, what do the devs thinking about setting up a link for donations which would go towards a MacAddict (or something similar, a popular Mac-oriented publication)? Let me know what you think - thanks!

I don't think it would be wise to make a major push considering we don't have a file transfer interface, status system upgrade, or documentation in place in a publicly available Adium and won't for a while.

After 1.0 that would be a cool idea. But honestly, I'd rather donate money to help pay for server costs etc.

This would be really cool, but I agree with bgannin and Lys that we'd better wait until 1.0 or sometime when Adium X is more "complete" in the mind of the public. When SpreadFirefox did their donations, you could choose to donate specifically to the New York Times campaign, or you could just make a general donation, which went to other SpreadFirefox-related stuff. I'd imagine it could be the same here, if this ever happened with Adium.

I think if anything placing adds on sites alike to Macupdate or version tracker (i know i know...) would be far more productive than putting something in the times. your target audience is mac users and only mac users, which account for a small percentage of computer using people.


word of mouth is pretty darn effective and seems to be enough for adium at the moment.

And then I put a link to Adium X on macsrule.tk !

I got 2 people to convert to Adium X, and they're loving it!

Somethingiateforlunch wrote:I think if anything placing adds on sites alike to Macupdate or version tracker (i know i know...) would be far more productive than putting something in the times. your target audience is mac users and only mac users, which account for a small percentage of computer using people.

Agreed; that's why a Mac magazine was suggested, rather than a newspaper. But maybe even better than an ad would be if MacWorld reviewed Adium X (once it reached 1.0 or whatever) or compared it to other IM apps. I agree with you, though, that at least for now, word of mouth is best.

ohh heh, i guess i missed the mac publication thing

MacWorld: A Review of IM Clients

That'll be tight!

Adspace on major sites like VT & MU isn't cheap ($150 - $1000/month when last I checked)

i think once adium hits 1.0 we should see if we can get macaddict to do a review. that's great publicity, and they couldn't possibly give it a bad review!

bgannin wrote:Adspace on major sites like VT & MU isn't cheap ($150 - $1000/month when last I checked)

Not to mention that I (for example) block those ads by default.

However, a mention on, say, Macintouch would be free and easy to do and cause a LOT of interest.