My forum is a non-profit, non-commericial forum with no banners and I'd like to stay that way. But I do have some of expenses (hosting, ubbthreads license, advertising (small scale), design improvements etc.), so I've put a small "paypal donate" link on the buttom (see
http://www.mimf.dk ), but I'm worried that people will percieve it as some sort of "begging", I don't see it that way myself, but would not like if others thought so. Also, I wouldn't like my regular users to feel "forced" into donating.
hmmm....what are your takes on this problem?