The reality is, you always take a chance when contributing to an open source development or projects. Just because you made a contribution, does not mean you own the project or can decide the path that project takes. Those of us who donated understood the risk (or at least, I hope most people did).
That said, when someone takes a proactive driving stance claiming they will deliver, you kind of hope you can take them for their word. And expecting the main website to be online is not a big ask, especially when that serves as a gateway for people to learn about and use the project you are funding. That, after all, was the reason I donated.
The fact that Sharkey has kept their Join Sharkey dot Org domain offline, basically nullifying the whole reason for their request for funds, seems like a betrayal. If you ask people to donate so you can have a server and run the project, but then do not do the very thing you said you would....
Needless to say, I have ended my funding of Sharkey.
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