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Do you have DMs disabled or am I dense? The donate page is very tiny on my portrait Samsun [/ damn clouds]

DMs were only for people I'm following. i'm following you now.

@mmasnick.bsky.social Donated! I'm seeing this from over here on mastodon btw, and appreciate that you've bridged your account. (Of course it'd be even better if you were on mastodon proper, but I'll take what I can get.)

Feels like you’re missing an opportunity by not having a $230 pledge level.

Are you organized as a non-profit? If not, have you considered that? I’m sure you are aware of the potential benefits & drawbacks. But with a renewed need for reader support, it may make more sense now than it did 5 years ago.

Mike do yall have a 501c3?

We don't. We've investigated it at times, but honestly did not appear worth it. For larger projects, we have partnered with (c)(3)s to act as fiscal sponsors.

For those willing to support us at $100 or more, we're offering the very first (hopefully of many annual ones to come) Techdirt commemorative coin (yes, a real, physical coin). This first one, for 2026, is celebrating 30 years of Section 230.

I wrote up a much longer explanation of why we're doing this and why we need support now, more than ever here. The simple fact is that our outspokenness over the last year resulted in organizations that used to sponsor our work pulling back. So we need some help from you. bsky.app/profile/tech...

I absolutely hate fundraising appeals. I hate writing this thread. But some friends have yelled at me that I'm being stupid and should ask publicly for help when we need it. And we need it. We don't want to do annoying things like paywalls, overloading the site with ads, or any nonsense like that.

Is there a tax-deductible way to contribute? Copia, perhaps? Will do so either way, of course!