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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
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snospar on Wednesday March 06 2024, @08:55AM (5 children)
I renewed my subscription on the 21st February but just checked my profile and it still says that my subscription has expired. Happy to pay to keep the lights on but not so happy if it is unclear what happened to the funds I sent.
Huge thanks to all the Soylent volunteers without whom this community (and this post) would not be possible.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @09:00AM
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=60100&commentsort=0&mode=threadtng&threshold=-1&page=1&cid=1347555#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
I agree.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(Score: 2) by carguy on Wednesday March 06 2024, @03:18PM (2 children)
My SN sub had expired, based on suggestions from a few months(?) ago to wait for the reorganization.
Yesterday I subscribed again and now my expiration date showed March 2025 -- so the new sub seems to have been logged "somewhere".
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @03:31PM
It had probably been received by the accountant but usually someone uses the data to update the front page. There has been a breakdown somewhere in the system but the staff have not been getting the same information.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @03:36PM
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(Score: 2) by Snospar on Thursday March 07 2024, @07:45AM
Replying to my post to report that happily my subscription has now renewed - and this was via Paypal. Thanks to those who sorted this out!
Huge thanks to all the Soylent volunteers without whom this community (and this post) would not be possible.