Fund-raising drive
Update: We are now at about 90% of our $1,000 goal at this time. Thank you so much to everyone. This has been our strongest showing ever, which is very cool.
Update: We are at about 75% of our $1,000 goal at this time (Friday the 29th). Thanks to everyone who has so generously donated to the site. It means a great deal to see such an outpouring of support.
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So I’m launching a mid-year fundraising drive to keep the site afloat. We’re hitting our monthly bandwidth limits and it’s going to cost money to keep operating. I think the addition of a number of sub-blogs has pushed our limits.
If anyone can make donations, please click the donation button below. You can use your Paypal account or a credit card. If neither of those options work for you but you’d still like to donate, shoot me an email.
Some people have asked for a goal to get a better sense of what we need to achieve. I’d like to raise one thousand dollars. I’ll post our progress as we go along.
We appreciate your support. Thanks!
(P.S. We can also move to an ad-based funding model. I’m sure that would work, but we’d have to have some ads on the site.)
Isn’t that your email address?Report
Yes, but that’s how you get Paypal money.Report
Hey, I just posted something. Is there a way to make it come after this and this post to stay at the top of the page?Report
Done, thanks!Report
Does one have to create a paypal account to send money?Report
Im not sure…Report
Could we get a fundraising goal perhaps etc.? Might make it easier for people to know what to contribute or whether they should (acknowledging that of course they should, regardless).Report
Yeah, this (via email is fine if you don’t want to discuss the particulars on the site, of course).
I don’t have a frame of reference.Report
Any chance those of us who donate (or have donated) can also chime in on things we would like to see in the future?Report
I take requests, Will.Report
I’ll put some thought into that. I was talking more about site-maintenance issues (specifically RSS feeds) rather than posting topics.Report
We could definitely use a site-wide RSS feed.Report
That was #2 on my list. #1 should actually be simpler: up the number of items on the comment feed (for the mainsite). Right now it only shows the last ten comments. The ten is fine for the subblogs*, but the front page generates a lot of comments quickly and it makes it nearly impossible for me to keep track on my phone without constantly hitting refresh if I am trying to follow a thread. If you could up it to 50, that would be awesome. It could also save bandwidth (however minimally) if I’m not having to hit refresh on the page as often!
So:
#1. Up the RSS feed for the comments
#2. Common subblog feed.
#3. Common subblog comment feed.
You’ve already got my donation, so I can’t hold it captive, but I figure now as good a time as any to make requests. 🙂
* – Though if you were to institute a common feed for subblog comments (GoGAtL), which would be #3, that would need a larger amount, too.Report
With the main blog’s comments summary, you can ask for older comments. With the main page’s combined comments summary for the sub-blogs, you can’t. I wish you could. What you click on to go directly to the comment is also weirdly inconsistent between the two.Report
I for one would like to see far less ads for designer jeans right about now.Report
Only ads for bourbon around here. And hydroponic grow kits, when it’s my day.Report
Corporate sponsorships from the sin industries, perhaps?Report
I nominate Rufus as our director of sin outreach.
PS – I just kicked in a few bones. Are we anywhere close to our fundraising goal?Report
I don’t mind a few ads, but that’s just me.
I don’t have PayPal. How else can I contribute? I can cut your lawn…Report
I’ll fire up the ol’ PayPal soon for you guys, but I’ll second BSK. If you add in some ads, that’s cool.Report
I updated the post. If you don’t have Paypal, clicking through on the donation button will give you the option (at the bottom) to use a credit card as well.Report
Okay thanks for the new link E.D. I’ll throw in a c-note, I can’t fall short o’ my 2010 contribution or else my past self will mock me.
Besides, I spend enouogh time here that it’s totes worth it.Report
Not that it bothers me any, but does paypal charge a fee for using their service?
There was an article on Lifehacker recently that suggested paypal alternatives:
Just a minor suggestion 🙂Report
Why is Elias Isquith not on your masthead?Report
Uhm…why do you ask…and why Elias in particular? There are many writers not on our masthead. I’m not sure any of our sub-bloggers are.Report
Just because i find it hard to find his section of the blog borg when coming to the main page. I’m new around here so i’m not familiar with the site layout. I just figured “masthead” would be where i’d find a comprehensive list of people who post on the site.Report
Hover over “sites” and you’ll see the comprehensive list of blorgs.Report
I’ve chipped in. I also wouldn’t mind a few ads if that helps keep the lights on around here.Report