Author: sajolida Date: To: Public mailing list about the Tails project Subject: Re: [Tails-project] Donation campaign: final blog post
intrigeri: > sajolida:
>> intrigeri:
>>> * I'm not convinced by the use of guess work (applying a pro rata) to
>>> build a number that is meant to be what we have received, but
>>> I don't care enough to argue about it.
>
>> Me neither but this figure is a complex approximation anyway (btc value,
>> missing btc info, missing donations since December 24, etc.) so I
>> convinced myself of taking it easy and just give an order of magnitude.
>
> OK, got it.
>
> FWIW the precision ($1) used by the estimate conveys *to me* the
> message that this is an accurate number. I would feel different if
> I read "we have received more than $95 000" instead of "we have
> received $98 579". I'm mentioning this more for next time than wrt.
> the already published blog post, of course: it's a learning process :)
Good idea, indeed! I'm sorry I did all that so much in a rush :(
