Donations and hosting payments

[Kit-Katt]

The paypal.me link does not seem to be working.

I did, however, find what looks like the correct place in the search. Just want to confirm if this top one is you:
   

[Like Ra]

The paypal.me link does not seem to be working.

Hmm... What is not working exactly?

Just want to confirm if this top one is you:

Yes! This one is the one associated with Linode account! They are changing the procedure, so I created an "independent" from Linode account - will move to that one shortly. Anyway, the one you found should work!

[Like Ra]

In the preparation of Linode payment changes I switched to my own PayPal account and updated the PayPal.me link. I hope it's less confusing now:

https://paypal.me/likeracom

[Like Ra]

An interesting alternative for data storage: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html

The problem is - they charge $0.01 per downloaded GB. Currently, only registered users can download images/videos uploaded to the forum. If big files are saved somewhere, it would be very difficult to control the access. If the current traffic is 500GB/month, it will be at least 2TB. In the example above the calculated price is:

Initial upload: 100GB
Uploaded per month: 20GB
Downloaded per month: 2TB
Annually: $253 (I think it's without VAT, so most likely it will be $300)

So, theoretically, storage-wise B2 is cheaper, than Linode (or similar VPS hosters), but the total costs will be still around $1000 per year.

[Like Ra]

If the current traffic is 500GB/month, it will be at least 2TB.

OK, 2-day test showed, that the traffic will be very high. 1GB free daily transfer expires immediately - and I uploaded only 3 files (675MB in total) and the biggest one is in the "registered users only" section. A couple of rippers, weird crawling bots and the costs will be skyhigh.

[Like Ra]

Huge THANKS to @madjack for covering the costs for the whole month!

[Like Ra]

Should be fixed now! A buffer account is still used, though - the direct server payment is not implemented Even if the money is on the Linode account, I still have to "move it" manually. My original idea was to make it fully autonomous and community driven - anything can happen, you know...

Finally, the direct payment system has been implemented by Linode! Whatever you donate to my Paypal account (e.g. https://paypal.me/likeracom) goes directly to the payment system! So, the site future is in your hands now, guys!

[Like Ra]

HUGE THANKS to @essanym for keeping "the bucket" full for the next month (and more)!!!!

[Highinheels66]

I can add within a day or 2

[Highinheels66]

Do you take Zelle?