| Author |
Message |
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 30, 2020 - 10:37 am 
For those of you who have been here from the beginning, you may remember that tvclubhouse.com was hosted for free for several years by Jimmy Wales, owner of Wikipedia.
Well, now, Wikipedia needs our support. If you are so inclined, please feel free to donate here:
https://donate.wikimedia.org
At every turn, we have been pressured to compromise our values, and I'll be honest: We've had enough. People always ask us, why not just run ads to make revenue? Or capture and sell reader data? Or make everyone pay to read? While these things seem like the norm online nowadays, we'd like to remind you that there is another way -- a way that won't jeopardize the neutrality of our content and threaten your personal data. We just ... ask! Not often, but it works. So after two decades of saying no, I can still say we are proud to have left that money on the table.
We’re a nonprofit. Only 2% of our readers give, but we manage to serve hundreds of millions of people per month. Imagine if everyone gave? We could transform the way knowledge is shared online.
Every year, I’m happily stunned by the response from our donors. But we haven’t reached our fundraising goal, and we don’t have a lot of time left. We’re not salespeople. We’re librarians, archivists, and information junkies. We rely on our readers to become our donors, and it’s worked for 19 years.
|
Meggieprice
Member
07-09-2001
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 7:32 am
Done-try to do this every time they ask.
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 8:13 am
Thank you Meggie! I donate once a year also, I use Wikipedia a lot for my business, so I do it through the business.
|
Bzbee
Member
04-26-2004
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 11:00 am
I am happy to donate
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 11:38 am
Thank you!
|
Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 4:56 pm
Thanks for the reminder, Karuuna. I used the link you provided to donate and then I donated a similar amount to TVCH. Where oh where would we be without Wikipedia and TVCH? May they both exist into infinity! 
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 5:03 pm
Aw, that's so sweet! Thanks for donating!
|
Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 5:13 pm
Thank you so much!
|
Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 5:34 pm
I agree with Uncle Ricky!
|
Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Friday, August 13, 2021 - 12:26 pm
Done and done (both). Thanks for the reminder.
|
Kitty7575
Member
05-15-2011
| Friday, September 17, 2021 - 5:25 pm
Done.
|
Jushvnfn
Member
08-30-2001
| Sunday, September 26, 2021 - 10:34 pm
Thank you everyone for everything you do ! 
Done
|
Lostintheglades
Member
07-09-2000
| Saturday, July 09, 2022 - 5:30 am
Done!
|
Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, July 09, 2022 - 9:25 am
Lost, thanks for donating to wikipedia!
Just a reminder, we cannot accept any donations for TVCH currently. Paypal has frozen our account, and while we are sorting that out, we are NOT accepting donations. Please don't send any.
We currently have enough from previous years to carry us for awhile, so we are not in need of funds.
Thank you all!!
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, July 09, 2022 - 9:56 pm
Well, yay for having enough funds, but our donation fingers are getting itchy, and during Big Brother is an excellent time for us lifers, who know this unique message board to be THE safest place on the entire internet, if not the entire universe, to discuss Big Brother, to show our appreciation.
|
Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 11, 2022 - 12:22 pm
Ditto what Juju said...
|
Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Thursday, July 21, 2022 - 8:00 am
I give to Wikipedia every year, you don’t need to worry about me!
|
