You're missing out on donations through Liberapay

[purpleidea]

I've been getting these notifications for a while:

You're missing out on donations through Liberapay

I never finished completing some aspect of my account setup, even though I've never been given a donation on the platform... It just occurred to me:

Are there pending donations I don't know about? Are there funds waiting I just don't know about? Are donators getting blocked from donating as a result of this? Are these emails generated everytime someone tries to donate??

Thanks for clarifying, this is not very clear at the moment. I tried looking into the code, but I figured it's better to ask.

Cheers

[ysfchn]

It appears to be just a reminder to set up your account, and the reminder repeating itself in paydays - at least as far I understood from a quick code search.

https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/blob/cec006a46b86d9e90b8e8fd570afe858260563ea/liberapay/billing/payday.py#L977

https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/blob/cec006a46b86d9e90b8e8fd570afe858260563ea/www/%25username/payment/index.spt#L81-L82

[Changaco]

@purpleidea

Are there pending donations I don't know about?

Kind of. You're receiving these notifications every 6 months because someone tried to donate money to you 5 years ago. Obviously that was a long time ago and there's no guarantee that you'll receive anything from that donor even if you connect a payment account.

Are there funds waiting I just don't know about?

No.

Are donators getting blocked from donating as a result of this?

Yes.

Are these emails generated everytime someone tries to donate?

No.