Well I'm no UX-er, far from it, so my opinion in this respect is purely personal.
I'd say donation requests draw the attention away from the main 'content'. This makes it 'harder' to consume the content, thereby devaluating it.
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Well I'm no UX-er, far from it, so my opinion in this respect is purely personal.
I'd say donation requests draw the attention away from the main 'content'. This makes it 'harder' to consume the content, thereby devaluating it.