User talk:Nerdanel

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-- [[User:New user message|New user message]] ([[User talk:New user message|talk]]) 10:14, 18 May 2014 (EDT)

== Can I ask you for $1? ==

We're 9 days into our 30 day campaign, and we've raised '''$537'''. That's fantastic! The idea of Orain, our message, our purpose - it means something. The belief that there can be a community led, a community ran, and a community funded website that's not ad-driven or profit based ''works''.

Our community has believed in us from the beginning, and I firmly believe that our community will stand by us and continue to support us. It's okay if we don't reach our $5,000 goal. $5,000 was a ''best'' case scenario. $1,000 enables us to stay online another year. It enables us to keep looking at alternatives and other ways to stay online and cut costs. $500 halves that time and shortens our research ability. '''11% of our goal''' is better than 0% of our goal.

I've made a pledge from the beginning. I've vowed to never force ads on this community for the purpose of keeping Orain alive. Ads are what separate us from the other farms we compete with. I will give my personal funds before I enable ads by force. Ads are a nuisance that you should have a voice in. We've toyed with and are developing the idea of individual wikis who want ads within their community. Some people ''can't'' donate a dollar, and that's okay. That's their way of giving and I'm down for that.

To the backers who have helped so far, <big>Thank you!</big>

If you haven't had a chance to donate so far, please ''please'' do. Your $1 will help make a difference in the WikiFarm world. You can help us stay online, free, and ad free.

If you have a little more than a dollar and want an Orain t-shirt, we've got those. We've also got hoodies, coffee cups, and blankets. Most of these things will have to be purchased in bulk so there's likely going to be an online store for the leftover donation drive items once the campaign is over.

As always, I want to hear from you. If you have ideas to help our [http://igg.me/at/orain Indiegogo campaign] please [[User talk:Dusti|send them to me]] or email me.

I apologize for spamming you like this, but I love Orain, I believe in Orain, and I want to fight to keep it alive. If you no longer want to receive urgent messages like these, please send me an email and I'll ensure that you're not bothered further.

With love,<br>

Dustin [[m:User:Dusti|"Dusti"]] Muniz<br> 08:19, 14 January 2015 (GMT)

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