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Funding for SoylentNews is Critical

posted by NCommander on Tuesday March 05 2024, @11:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the help dept.

So, in the background, the owners of the PBC have been working with staff to get the site moved over to a new legal entity and continue operations. This process is moving slowly, but it is moving, with the expectation that we should be able to fully hand off SN in the next month or so. However, the PBC has burned through its cash reserves, and we have an overdue Linode bill as is for $268 USD. I could write more, but the tl;dr, without money, SN will disappear off the Internet.

Most of the subscriptions understandably stopped due to the uncertainty with site ownership and management. However, we're not able to pay the bills with the trickle coming in. At this point, everyone involved has agreed with and are working towards a solution to move SN to a not-for-profit and 501(c)3, but we do need the communities financial support to get there. If we can raise $500 USD via subscriptions, direct donations, or other means, that would keep the site up past May. As such, if you have let your subscription lapse, or otherwise are able to support SN, please do so now.

Any funds raises will be donated to the *new* NFP as soon as it is able to accept funds. We'll run an update if/when we reach our funding goal.

- NCommander

 
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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday March 06 2024, @01:11AM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 06 2024, @01:11AM (#1347530) Journal

    To answer my own question:

    Requerdanos on IRC suggested "subscribe". I clicked the subscribe button, was taken to the PayPal page, and I chose the number of subscriptions I wanted to "purchase". That beats subscribing 2 or 20 times, and probably saves SN a dollar or two in processing fees. If you're going to donate $100, don't click the donate button 5 times, LOL!!

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by martyb on Wednesday March 06 2024, @02:01AM

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 06 2024, @02:01AM (#1347533) Journal

    Click Subscribe [soylentnews.org]

    In the next screen, you should see:

    Duration and price: Choose a subscription duration and set the price you wish to pay for it. Defaults are the minimum for that duration but you can support SoylentNews even more, if you'd like to, by increasing the amount.

    • 30 Day: [ 4.00] USD
    • 180 Day: [12.00] USD
    • 365 Day: [20.00] USD

    For example, say you want to select the LAST choice, for a one-year (365 day) subscription; the DEFAULT price is $20.00. If you want to CHANGE the subscription price (say to $50.00) then just change the [20.00] to [50.00]. As long as the payment is at least $20.00, you can change it to ANY amount. $30.00, $40.00, $100.00, whatever!

    Easy peasy!

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