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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: 4, Insightful) by pTamok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @12:18PM (2 children)

    by pTamok (3042) on Wednesday March 06 2024, @12:18PM (#1347589)

    If NCommander has ben funding SoylentNews for some time, then I say "Thank you!", and earnestly hope you will be repaid with (commercially fair) rates of interest.

    I also earnestly hope that the restructuring/rebuilding of SoylentNews will be successful. If not (and we need to plan for the possibility), I hope it will be archived in an accessible fashion for use by future historians, and in a form where it can be browsed, and people can download their articles, and maybe entire discussions. I don't know if this is something archive.org could help with, or other organisations.

    A lot of people feel uncomfortable with 'casting money into the void' and would like some way of auditing that their contributions are being sent to the right place. Linux Mint has blog posts that detail contributions (which can be anonymous, or pseudonymous as the donor wishes) - this month's entries shows the kind of thing I am talking about: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4650 [linuxmint.com] - Perhaps something similar could be cooked up, or some other (suitably anonymised) way of showing income - like the classic 'thermometer on a church wall' keeping track of the roof-repair* fund.

    For reasons that would take to long to explain, and which I don't want to make public, I'm not in a position to contribute now. I might be in the near-ish future. If it all goes to pot, I'm sorry, but thank all who contributed to making this place an interesting place to be for so long.

    *Or, perhaps I should say, the fund for providing a cheap source of lead to criminals. Stripping the lead from newly repaired church rooves** is a thing, apparently.

    **One hoof, several hooves. One roof, several rooves [wiktionary.org].

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @03:42PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 06 2024, @03:42PM (#1347606) Journal

    There is no obligation for you to subscribe at all. We recognise that people have different circumstances and whether you subscribe or not has no bearing on how you are viewed on this site. Your contribution to discussions has been considerable and that is all that we hope to see from many in our community. Nevertheless, for those whose circumstances are different we appreciate any help they may be able to give to keep the lights on and the stories flowing.

    There is never a need to apologise for not being able to subscribe.

    --
    I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
    • (Score: 1) by pTamok on Wednesday March 06 2024, @04:41PM

      by pTamok (3042) on Wednesday March 06 2024, @04:41PM (#1347611)

      Thank you for your kind words, janrinok.