Re: No, I Won't Buy You A Coffee

Well, not to be left out of the great buy me a coffee debate, I thought I'd add my two cents.

The original, at HakkerBlog, No, I Won't Buy You A Coffee, is a pretty cynical take on the topic of asking for contributions. I hardly think that someone posting their buy me a coffee link on their blog qualifies as "rampant capitalization". That's silly.

Gordon posted a response, Yes, buy me a coffee which takes the other position.

The Buy Me a Coffee links in general feel a bit like a throw back these days. It's something I'd see a lot 10 years ago when everyone was trying to do the 'grow your audience' thing. I think I've only ever sent a coffee once or twice myself.

Today the links feel a bit archaic to me and slightly off putting but I'm not offended nor discouraged from coming back to the site. I don't include them on my own site because I just don't care about any of that. My writing isn't going to make any money so I'd rather just use that real estate on the page for something else or nothing!

As The Dude might say, that's just, like, my opinion, man. What's yours?