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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @03:33PM (3 children)
What is this place - a death cult? We'll all be dead in 2071. Where's our free subscription?
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @03:43PM (2 children)
Speak for yourself, I'll be as undead as aristarchus (2645).
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @04:12PM (1 child)
It's one thing when others talk about you. When you do it yourself, it means you're an asshole.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Sulla on Thursday July 02 2020, @07:36PM
At a loss here, the post you replied to seemed to be clearly a joke. Afterall aristarchus was born in 230BC.
Thomas Marshall upon hearing of the death of Theodore Roosevelt
A good lesson to all of us, never sleep lest you be taken unaware.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam