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posted by martyb on Monday March 28 2022, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the YOU-GUYS-ARE-GREAT! dept.

Thank you SO much! I had no idea that my work on SoylentNews had such a wide-ranging impact on so many people! Reading the comments to my resignation — This is Difficult in So Many Ways; I Must Resign from SoylentNews — brought me alternately to tears of joy and roars of laughter.

That said, the reality is that others have arguably played a larger role in making SoylentNews into the success that it is today. A few names that readily come to mind: NCommander (UID 2!), paulej72, TheMightyBuzzard, and LaminatorX (our first Editor-in-Chief). There are so many more!

As much as I appreciate the kind words, it would mean so much more to me to see these well-wishes turned into subscriptions to SoylentNews! This idea came to me when I received a gift subscription to the site. (Thanks drussell!) It costs roughly $7,000 per year to run this site — primarily web hosting fees. (Nobody has ever been paid anything for their work on this site!)

We have raised about $1,100 so far this year. Our goal for June 30th is only about $2,400 away (and for the year is only about $5,900 away). That is net to us after processing fees. It's a BIG stretch, but I have faith... let's see what this community can do!

[Update: Revised paulj72 to paulej72. - Fnord]

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Fnord666 on Monday March 28 2022, @08:58PM

    by Fnord666 (652) on Monday March 28 2022, @08:58PM (#1233032) Homepage

    I'm not placing paulj72 in my brain, but the others I do recognize. A volunteer run, small site like this one takes a good bit of work to keep functional. I really appreciate the fact that it's not an advertisement laden midden heap.

    It's actually paulej72. I've updated the story.

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