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posted by NCommander on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the help-us-become-financially-independent dept.

It's been a long, hard road to this point, but I'm pleased to announce that effective immediately, we are officially accepting subscriptions to SoylentNews. Subscription support is an important step in helping make SoylentNews successful as an independent entity that is fully funded by its users. In case you don't remember, here's the rundown of subscription features:

  • Subscriber badge (toggleable)
  • Early access to features
  • Exemption from ads if we ever run any
  • Full comment histories/access to database-intensive operations
  • No rate limiting or spam filtering

You can purchase a subscription on your user panel, or by clicking this link. Subscriptions are $20/year, and you can be reminded via email when that period is coming to an end via subscription settings. All payments are currently processed by PayPal, but we hope to add new merchant support in the future.

Here's hoping to seeing lots of stars in the near future!

 
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  • (Score: 2) by egcagrac0 on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:13PM

    by egcagrac0 (2705) on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:13PM (#86821)
    • No rate limiting or spam filtering

    Say it ain't so...

    I can see a troll electing to invest $20 for the lulz.

    Hopefully, any trouble can quickly be quashed without having to go back to the board and ask for permission to void a subscription.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   2  

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by paulej72 on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:49PM

    by paulej72 (58) on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:49PM (#86837) Journal
    Most of the filters were turned off to support UTF8. I can not recall making any other changes that gave subs special filter skipping. But they do have most of the rate limits removed, other than some sub 10 second ones that are due to a general bug in the code or possibly time sync issues between the web server and the db server (part of the code uses the time from the server and the other time generated from a db call).
    --
    Team Leader for SN Development

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by black6host on Thursday August 28 2014, @06:10PM

    by black6host (3827) on Thursday August 28 2014, @06:10PM (#86847) Journal

    Woo hoo! Just spent my 20 bucks.

    Now, let me tell you about this product I have that you probably need. That's right, you probably need this. It can change your life.

    What does my product do? Well, it is 100% guaranteed to remove all the hair from your head! Having problems with going bald? Don't suffer through that process. Get it over with! Leave contact details in a comment and I'll make sure to hook you up! Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back!

    Yep, it works! No spam filter :)

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by egcagrac0 on Thursday August 28 2014, @06:35PM

      by egcagrac0 (2705) on Thursday August 28 2014, @06:35PM (#86855)

      Hundreds of stay at home moms are losing all their hair on the internet with this one weird old trick...

    • (Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Thursday August 28 2014, @08:54PM

      by cmn32480 (443) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {08423nmc}> on Thursday August 28 2014, @08:54PM (#86915) Journal

      Mother Nature and genetics did that already, you insensitive clod!

      --
      "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson

      • (Score: 2) by black6host on Friday August 29 2014, @02:13AM

        by black6host (3827) on Friday August 29 2014, @02:13AM (#87013) Journal

        Man, I am soooo sorry. Is there a part of your anatomy that is too short? I'll not bring up my next offer if that's the case :)

        • (Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Friday August 29 2014, @11:47AM

          by cmn32480 (443) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {08423nmc}> on Friday August 29 2014, @11:47AM (#87145) Journal

          Nope, no issues there, but if you encroach on my secret for making it bigger... we are gonna have a duel. And it won't be a sword fight!

          --
          "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson