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You guys are GREAT!
Previously:
In our last Fundraising Update we had raised $1,808.21 (net) towards our goal of $3,500.00 for the 2nd half of the year. (And five days earlier we stood at just $1,510.49).
Currently:
And where are we now? Hold onto your seat...
mysql> SELECT SUM(payment_gross) AS Gross, SUM(payment_net) AS Net, ts, max(spid) AS SPID FROM subscribe_payments WHERE ts >= '2021-07-01' ;
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
| Gross | Net | ts | SPID |
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
| 2435.06 | 2307.23 | 2021-07-01 02:15:00 | 1727 |
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)mysql>
In that time, we had 4x $50.00 subscriptions and a $100.00 subscription (flagged by an "*" below):
mysql> SELECT ts, payment_gross, payment_net, method, submethod, payment_type FROM subscribe_payments WHERE ts > '2021-12-28 13:01:56' AND payment_gross > 0 ORDER BY ts ;
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
| ts | payment_gross | payment_net | method | submethod | payment_type |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
| 2021-12-28 22:28:09 | *50.00 | 47.76 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-28 22:48:32 | 20.00 | 18.81 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-28 23:33:57 | *50.00 | 47.76 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 00:54:44 | 20.00 | 18.81 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 02:47:41 | *50.00 | 47.01 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 03:08:48 | 20.00 | 18.51 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 04:50:49 | *100.00 | 96.02 | paypal | NULL | gift |
| 2021-12-29 07:01:43 | 20.00 | 18.51 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 10:58:54 | 10.00 | 9.16 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 12:46:04 | 25.00 | 23.26 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 13:32:12 | 20.00 | 19.12 | stripe | CC | user |
| 2021-12-29 13:37:36 | *50.00 | 48.25 | stripe | CC | user |
| 2021-12-29 14:16:35 | 20.00 | 18.81 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 14:24:29 | 40.00 | 37.51 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 21:11:32 | 12.00 | 10.91 | paypal | NULL | user |
| 2021-12-29 22:06:03 | 20.00 | 18.81 | paypal | NULL | user |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
16 rows in set (0.00 sec)mysql>
Yes, the larger subscriptions are attention-getting, but $220.00 of that $527.00 came from subscriptions of $20.00 or less.
Remaining:
Since I started writing this, we received two more $20.00 subscriptions! All told, we need just $1,173.96 to make our goal and only 2 days to go. Can we do it? We Can Do This... Please Subscribe!
Ahem. Got carried away there. But seriously, every bit makes a difference; please help.
--martyb
(Score: -1, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday December 30 2021, @06:04AM (5 children)
I used to enjoy a gift subscription from a noble and low ID Soylentil. I cannot subscribe myself, since money is a direct trace back to my actual identity. Since my benefactor has ceased, I have a sense that perhaps the value of SN has diminished? Only a surmise on my part. So I hope that the discussions here can repudiate the alt, and traditional, right wing bias that seems to have taken over SoylentNews, only in part because of the conservative bias of tech nerds, who tend to be egoistic, and incellish, and lacking in social skills.
(Score: 2, Informative) by shrewdsheep on Thursday December 30 2021, @10:01AM (1 child)
Consider to open another account and subscribe for that. If, on principle, no traces must be left, what is your proposal to make a site like SN viable?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @02:05PM
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @11:02AM
Or give yourself a gift sub? (from that other login)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Friday December 31 2021, @03:49AM (1 child)
Conservative bias?? A few conservatives, yes. They don't strike me as far right fascists, screaming that Trump won the 2020 election.
As to staying anonymous, it's somewhat of a bother, but you can pay cash for a preloaded credit card, and use that to buy stuff online with reasonable anonymity. I've done that before, but it's been a while, so I don't recall whether I used a fake name, or no name was needed. Think it was the latter.
(Score: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday December 31 2021, @04:04AM
Thanks for the advice! Getting a burner card, and a burner phone to go with, just to subscribe to SN, is a bit too much bother. I like to think my contribution is in aristarchus submissions, and adding a bit of intellectual panache to the place.