Questions are the best answers IMO.

I’m definitely trying to weigh the risks of taking money. The problem is I’m running on fumes financially and if I’m forced to take on all the risk of the product myself that could similarly snuff out the product’s future - either because I can’t afford the time/servers or because I’ll have to make the site prohibitively expensive.

The other reason I’m asking for money is because it forces conversations like these. Regardless of whether I take money, people who understand business much better than I do are giving me feedback and feedback is worth more than money IMO.

Another reason to take money is to get more people to have skin in the game who have complementary expertise to my own.

It might not be the right thing to do ultimately, but it’s hard to tell without asking.