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Author: rra <rscmbbng@riseup.net>
Date: Fri Dec 19 15:20:48 +0100
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- <p>Dear LURKER,</p>
+ <p>Dear LURKer,</p>
- <p>Some years ago, you donated to keep <s>Wikipedia</s> LURK online, ad-free, and <s>growing</s> more or less the same. Thanks to you, hundreds <s>of millions</s> of people enjoy instant access to the largest <s>encyclopedia</s> post.lurk.org in history. We need your help again this year.</p>
+ <p>Some years ago, you donated to keep <s>Wikipedia</s> LURK online, ad-free, and <s>growing</s> more or less the same. Thanks to you, hundreds <s>of millions</s> of people enjoy instant access to the largest <s>encyclopedia</s> lurk.org in history. We need your help again this year.</p>
<p>Please renew your donation today. <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a></p>
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<p>If all our past donors simply gave again today, we wouldn't have to worry about fundraising for the rest of the year.</p>
- <p><s>Wikipedia</s> Post.lurk.org is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind, a place we can all go to think and <s>learn</s> lurk.</p>
+ <p><s>Wikipedia</s> lurk.org is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind, a place we can all go to think and <s>learn</s> lurk.</p>
- <p>To protect our independence, we'll never run ads. We are sustained by donations from our <s>readers</s> lurkers. Now is the time we ask.</p> <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a>
+ <p>To protect our independence, we'll never run ads. We are sustained by donations from our <s>readers</s> lurkers. Now is the time we ask. <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a></p>
- <p>If <s>Wikipedia</s> post.lurk.org is useful to you, please take one minute to keep it online, ad-free, and <s>growing</s> more or less the same another year.</p>
+ <p>If <s>Wikipedia</s> lurk.org is useful to you, please take one minute to keep it online, ad-free, and <s>growing</s> more or less the same another year.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p><s>Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder</s> The Helpful Heron <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a></p>
- <details><summary>More details?</summary><p>Why we need more funds:</p><p>During the last year our server sponsorship with Eclips.is ended, which means we now pay for a server at Netcup. Furthermore, the server we do get sponsored from <a href="https://servus.at">Servus</a> we actually would like to pay for as well.</p><p>Our experiment is to pay people's labour rather than only cloud providers. However, we also want this to be realistic. We're now upping the hourly rate from €25 to €35.</p><p>Finally, we want to be able to be able to save and invest.</p><p>On <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk">our Open Collective</a> we now have a range for our budget indicating what is abundant, sufficient and insufficent:</p><details><summary>The Flock Thrives</summary>At €400 a month we will have significant surplus allowing us to set aside funds, make investments and better support those we depend on.</details><details><summary>Minimum Viable Habitat</summary>Based on historic data, €300 a month is the minimum amount for us to cover labour expenses with regards to systems administration, moderation and facilitation at rates common in the cultural sector. Furthermore, it allows us to cover infrastructure expenses for commercial hosting as well as donate towards our friends at Servus.</details><details><summary>Filial Cannibalism</summary>Herons have been reported to engage in filial cannibalism whereby siblings in the nest eat each other. It means we do the necessary to maintain operations but we do so unsustainably. We eat up our reserves or do unpaid work.</details><p>LURK stuff will always remain free to use.</p><p> Do not feel obligated to donate if you can't spare it. If you are already donating, we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support.</p> <p>If you have haven't donated yet, or have done so in the past and now would like to do so again, check out this cool button: <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a></p></details>
+ <details><summary>More details?</summary><p>Why we need more funds:</p><p>During the last year our server sponsorship with Eclips.is ended, which means we now pay for a server at Netcup. Furthermore, the server we do get sponsored from <a href="https://servus.at">Servus</a> we actually would like to pay for as well.</p><p>Our experiment is to pay people's labour rather than only cloud providers. However, we also want this to be realistic. We're now upping the hourly rate from €25 to €35.</p><p>Finally, we want to be able to be able to save and invest.</p><p>On <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk">our Open Collective</a> we now have a range for our budget indicating what is abundant, sufficient and insufficent:</p><details><summary>The Flock Thrives</summary>At €400 a month we will have significant surplus allowing us to set aside funds, make investments and better support those we depend on.</details><details><summary>Minimum Viable Habitat</summary>Based on historic data, €300 a month is the minimum amount for us to cover labour expenses with regards to systems administration, moderation and facilitation at rates common in the North-West European cultural sector. Furthermore, it allows us to cover infrastructure expenses for commercial hosting as well as donate towards our friends at Servus.</details><details><summary>Filial Cannibalism</summary>Herons have been reported to engage in filial cannibalism whereby siblings in the nest eat each other. It means we do the necessary to maintain operations but we do so unsustainably. We eat up our reserves or do unpaid work.</details><p>LURK stuff will always remain free to use.</p><p> Do not feel obligated to donate if you can't spare it. If you are already donating, we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support.</p> <p>If you have haven't donated yet, or have done so in the past and now would like to do so again, check out this cool button: <a href="https://opencollective.com/lurk" target="_blank"><button> Donate Now </button></a></p></details>
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