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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: 5, Informative) by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @10:35AM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 06 2024, @10:35AM (#1347583) Journal

    NCommander

    I have lost significant money on Paypal in the past, and currently I have no visibility that the donation that I have made via Stripe is arriving in the SN account.

    Can you please provide the necessary details for someone to make a direct bank transfer? It is a common way of making payments in Europe using a smartphone, and it happens within minutes with confirmation that the money was paid into the appropriate account.

    I am not going to risk losing any more money to Paypal or Stripe when I get no confirmation that the transfer has been made, merely that it has been taken out of my account.

    --
    I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by jman on Wednesday March 06 2024, @12:22PM

    by jman (6085) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 06 2024, @12:22PM (#1347590) Homepage
    FWIW, Stripe will to confirm the charge (amount, company that made it, email contact) by entering a few details into their site.

    https://support.stripe.com/charge-lookup/ [stripe.com]

    Lookup of my last donation resulted in some outfit named "SoylentNews PBC" being the recipient.

    Hope they treat the $'s kindly! ;)