Surely an instance that is growing at the rate this one is will incur a rise in operation costs. I’d venture a guess that required administration time also will rise.

So… how can we help?

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    This is great info, thank you. I had been hoping there was a donation avenue that tied into membership perks, so the validation tidbit is excellent. I think things like that are excellent incentive to donate.

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      If you’re specifically interested in perks, there’s also an “ARPA” program you can join which includes additional alternative payment options and features beyond what basic validation provides:

      Did you know you can become a permanent LIFETIME member of SDF
      by making a onetime donation of $36?
      
      ARPA members have immediate access to:
      
       600mb total / 20000 files in four areas
       access to multiple subdomains                              (mkhomepg -a)
       voting priviledges on new system features                  (vote)
       telnet, ssh, ytalk, irc, irssi (non-proxy)
       wget, snarf, ftp, scp
       gcc, perl, php, python, ruby, et cetera 
       Mail and USENET news via UUCP 
       SDF VoIP Basic Telephony Service
       (type 'software arpa' for a complete list of programs)
       access to join VHOST, DNS, VPM, DBA, TWEAK & MetaARPA membership levels
      
      You too can become a LIFETIME member of the ARPA group by sending a
      ONE TIME contribution of $36 (or more!) to SDF.  NON-US Residents can join
      ARPA by sending the amount via International Money Order, cash (US/EURO) or
      by PAYPAL.  Be sure to include your user id of 'SDF UNIX USERNAME'
      
        LAND                       INTERNET (donations of $3.00 or more)
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      |  SDF Public Access UNIX  |  PAYPAL.COM:   paypal@freeshell.org  |
      |  PO BOX 17355            |                                      | 
      |  SEATTLE WA 98127 USA    |  (Be sure to include your user id)   |
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      |  Donations or dues via crypto: E-mail 'membership' for options  |
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      Acceptable funds:  Western Union, Cheques, Money Orders, US, CDN, EURO, UK, YEN
      
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        So say with Paypal, it’s as easy as just entering a donation amount of $36? And of course, including your SDF user ID.

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        I paid for the ARPA membership about 20 years ago. And then again when I opened a new account five years ago.

        $72 total. I think that has been an absolute steal for the services I’ve received.