Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by mrcoolbp on Monday June 01 2015, @12:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-thank-you dept.

I am happy to announce we have reached our funding goal of $4500 for the first half of this year! From the bottom of our hearts, a big thank you to everyone for all your support. There were a few who chose to pay a lot more than we ever suspected, they know who they are, and I would literally like to buy them a beer.

Continuing with the good news, our goal for July-December is less than half of our first-half goal, and we are a month ahead of schedule — details to follow on that. Though we won't all be dining on champagne and caviar, we are hopeful we will be able to continue paying the bills for the foreseeable future. For now, I just want to say that you are all one awesome community and that you continue to surprise and inspire us; we'll keep doing what we can to make this place the best it can be.

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 5, Funny) by tibman on Monday June 01 2015, @03:21PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 01 2015, @03:21PM (#190735)

    Donation meters that are stuck at 99%? sounds like an awesome idea!

    --
    SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +3  
       Funny=3, Total=3
    Extra 'Funny' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   5  
  • (Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday June 01 2015, @04:40PM

    by rts008 (3001) on Monday June 01 2015, @04:40PM (#190772)

    Let me guess:
    Did you and 'TK' code the infamous(stuck on either 1 second left, or 99% complete 'forever') 'Windows [lack of]Progress Bar'?
    *starts heating the tar and looking for something fowl to pluck* ;-)

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by tibman on Monday June 01 2015, @06:38PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 01 2015, @06:38PM (#190821)

      We had a hire another guy just to keep closing all the bug reports. Working as intended!

      --
      SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday June 01 2015, @08:40PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday June 01 2015, @08:40PM (#190866) Journal

    Actually, I thought the donation meter was suck for months.
    I first started to wonder if that was the case months ago after I bought my third donation and never saw the meter budge. It appears not to be real time.

    --
    No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
    • (Score: 2) by tibman on Monday June 01 2015, @10:29PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 01 2015, @10:29PM (#190916)

      I noticed the same, it appears to be a manual thing

      --
      SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by juggs on Tuesday June 02 2015, @01:04AM

        by juggs (63) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @01:04AM (#190973) Journal

        It is indeed a manual thing.

        mrcoolbp handles the money side of things, so it is down to his availability to check the PayPal and BitPay payments then update the meter on the site. We could look to automate it, but I don't think it would be a high priority.

        • (Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:57AM

          by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:57AM (#191000) Homepage

          Aye, I have to update it manually. I try to check it every day or so, but am not always able. Kind of a double-edged sword too as I like moving the meter when a sub rolls in, but if I wait for another tomorrow that's less transactions for me to input! : )

          --
          (Score:1^½, Radical)