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by tomashubelbauer 214 days ago
I wish when accepting donations, websites would stop caching the total collected amount or give it a super short TTL. I like to see the little progress bar get closer to the goal thanks to my couple of bucks.
2 comments

If they are only counting fully cleared funds, your payment might not be relevant yet. Some fraud checks are not synchronous, for instance.

Though they could fake it: take the current cleared total and add your amount for your display.

Perhaps they don't have the funds to implement that feature.