Hello guys. I feel that we should do something to better link potential customers with extensions developers. The process of finding interested developers and other users for crowdfunding at this moment is too complicated and out of focus. Unfortunately, in my 5+ years here I've seen too many failed opportunities, both for developers and regular users. The community and Flarum ecosystem should benefit greatly if we do it right.
My proposition:
- Create Need A Feature tag
- Create subtags:
Crowdfund opportunity – Other members can contribute financially, a new feature will be available to everyone
Private – Solo funding for private features
- Create secondary (status) tags:
In progress
Completed
For example, I want to fund a PR for the Auto Moderator extension. Usually, I would try to contact the original developer first, but he already stated that he's not interested in doing it.
- I would create a new discussion, explaining what I need and maybe disclose my budget.
- Other users can state their interest too
- Interested developers can reply with the quote, contact and payment options, etc...
If agreed, I'm volunteering to moderate (assisting both parties, changing status tags, renaming discussions with important info, etc...).
