SUPPORT YTMND AND GET MORE TRAFFIC!
posted by max on December 14, 2005 at 04:17:18 PM
Friends, I just got a quote on the new content server. $9085 including shipping! So in order to actually purchase this vital piece of hardware, I am going to implement this a new feature; Site Sponsorship!
This will allow us to pool our resources together and get a new content server in no time. If everyone with a registered account donated $1 we could get 9 of these servers, and we only need one, so it should be no problem.
CURRENT STATUS
Read more for all the info.
A brief overview of how this works:
There will be a link on every site profile and on the info bar of every site to allow you to sponsor that site. You will then be brought to the donation page. You can enter any amount of money, and once paypal hits our server back, your donation (after paypal fees) gets added to the pool of whichever site you chose.
There will be a content box on the front page with the sum of donations for the top five sites, so you and your friends can pool money together, get your favorite site on the front page and help YTMND get faster at the same time!
Your username (if you are logged in) will also go on a list. If you donate more than $15 (total across all sponsorships), in the future if YTMND ever offers paid account features, you will be given lifetime membership. Please note that YTMND may or may not offer paid account features, I don't want you to feel like you've been ripped off if I haven't launched a ton of spiffy new things in a months time. If you aren't logged in your donation will be shown as made by "anonymous". So make sure you are logged in if you want credit!
Please note that Paypal has a minimum fee, so if you donate anything under around 70 cents, your donation will be $0.00, donating $1 will yield about $0.30.
Here are the stats of the server:
2x OPTERON 280/DualCore/2.4GHz
8x 1GB RAM/PC3200 (8GB TOTAL)
12x 300GB SATA 2 HDD/SEAGATE/NCQ
12-CHANNEL 3Ware SATA2 RAID
CONTROLLER 2U RACKMOUNT CHASSIS/12x
**12x 300GB SATA HDD/SEAGATE/NCQ
12-CHANNEL 3Ware SATA2 RAID
CONTROLLER 2U RACKMOUNT CHASSIS/12x
2x REDUNDANT 500W POWER SUPPLIES
1xTyan/S2882G3NR-D/Vid/2GbE/SATA
This will allow us to pool our resources together and get a new content server in no time. If everyone with a registered account donated $1 we could get 9 of these servers, and we only need one, so it should be no problem.
CURRENT STATUS
Read more for all the info.
A brief overview of how this works:
There will be a link on every site profile and on the info bar of every site to allow you to sponsor that site. You will then be brought to the donation page. You can enter any amount of money, and once paypal hits our server back, your donation (after paypal fees) gets added to the pool of whichever site you chose.
There will be a content box on the front page with the sum of donations for the top five sites, so you and your friends can pool money together, get your favorite site on the front page and help YTMND get faster at the same time!
Your username (if you are logged in) will also go on a list. If you donate more than $15 (total across all sponsorships), in the future if YTMND ever offers paid account features, you will be given lifetime membership. Please note that YTMND may or may not offer paid account features, I don't want you to feel like you've been ripped off if I haven't launched a ton of spiffy new things in a months time. If you aren't logged in your donation will be shown as made by "anonymous". So make sure you are logged in if you want credit!
Please note that Paypal has a minimum fee, so if you donate anything under around 70 cents, your donation will be $0.00, donating $1 will yield about $0.30.
Here are the stats of the server:
2x OPTERON 280/DualCore/2.4GHz
8x 1GB RAM/PC3200 (8GB TOTAL)
12x 300GB SATA 2 HDD/SEAGATE/NCQ
12-CHANNEL 3Ware SATA2 RAID
CONTROLLER 2U RACKMOUNT CHASSIS/12x
**12x 300GB SATA HDD/SEAGATE/NCQ
12-CHANNEL 3Ware SATA2 RAID
CONTROLLER 2U RACKMOUNT CHASSIS/12x
2x REDUNDANT 500W POWER SUPPLIES
1xTyan/S2882G3NR-D/Vid/2GbE/SATA
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money-hat: my favorites are the mod favorites, so don't think i dont know what you mean! it's in the works. and to answer your other question, spreading donations around will cost way more in fees due to the high minimum, spending $20 across four sites wouldnt be too bad though. i suppose if you choose later on to go back on it, you can email me and ill make it anonymous.