Hi
@Joseph Keeler ! Follow me back so I can send you a direct message or two. :D
But in the meantime, just in general, that sort of guilty feeling you feel about ’nagging’ (as you say) is something we ALL experienced. Seriously... I’m introverted as hell, man. I am extremely uncomfortable reaching out to people to ask for help. Thankfully I communicate better in writing, and I ran my whole platform on typed-out instant messages.
You just gotta push through the guilt. Set the idea / frustration of having to nag/plead aside - don’t think of it that way. Think of it as 1- proclaiming that you need their help. then 2- reminding them. That’s all it is, a REMINDER. Every couple of days. (Keep a spreadsheet with everybody’s name, and update it according to the last day you reached out to them. This is super useful as time goes on and your head starts spinning trying to remember who you contacted and when...)
There ARE people out there who care about you enough to support you with $10-$20. I know the economy sucks, but they can still swing that. They WILL help you out, but people forget. They’ll say they’ll get to it, then they’ll forget for a day, a week, a month. In the meantime if you’re not reminding them about how important it is... they’ll never follow through. Not entirely their fault - it’s also yours if you don’t push through the guilt of having to ask.
What’s the worst that can happen? They might tell you to jump in a lake... So frikkin what? ...the thing is, that’s just in your head. Out of the 500-600 people I reached out to during my campaign, only two people told me F off (my words... theirs were more polite. :). A former coworker and, well, my own damn cousin if you can believe it.
Anyway, get a hold of me, Joe, and I’ll offer a little more tips re: your project page.
