WOW!
On June 29th, I posted a story that shared our financial status and asked for the community's support. And did you ever! As noted in that story:
So far, we have had 106 subscriptions this year which have netted us an estimated $2,794.92 (after processing fees from Stripe/Paypal) towards our goal of $3,500.00.
In short, we needed $705.08 to cover our expenses for the first half of the year (2020H1).
I am ecstatic to report that we not only covered that shortfall, but raised an additional $1254.52.
Thank You!!!
See the Subscription FAQ for a list of subscriber benefits. (Note: this is bit old; please mention in the comments if you find anything that is incorrect.)
The extra will go towards covering shortfalls from prior periods, help build our "rainy day" fund, and help us to be able to repay the $10,000.00 that our founders put up to get SoylentNews started.
I'll leave the first-half-year stats up in the "Site News" box for a few days before resetting it for the second half of the year. (That goal will be the same, $3500.00, toward which we have already raised $144.45 or 4.1% as of 20200702_120140 UTC.)
Here is the breakdown of our subscriptions for the first half of this year:
Qty Sub Amt Total 7 4.00 28.00 12 5.00 60.00 2 10.00 20.00 6 12.00 72.00 99 20.00 1980.00 1 20.20 20.20 4 25.00 100.00 1 26.74 26.74 4 30.00 120.00 1 33.33 33.33 1 36.60 36.60 1 39.39 39.39 6 40.00 240.00 9 50.00 450.00 1 60.00 60.00 3 100.00 300.00 1 103.50 103.50 1 113.00 113.00 3 120.00 360.00 2 200.00 400.00 1 400.00 400.00
(Score: 4, Interesting) by martyb on Thursday July 02 2020, @02:00PM (1 child)
For UID 2339: "MichaelDavidCrawford", his subscription ends in 2025. For UID 6: (the default for gift subscriptions) "mcasadevall", his subscription ends in 2071.
Yeah, I miss the guy, too. Thanks for asking.
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Reziac on Friday July 03 2020, @02:25AM
That MDC lives on in our digital space is a really cool indicator of what SN is for all of us.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.