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  1. me on my death bed: I have one final thing to say to all of you before I go.
  2. everyone: *leans im closer* what is it. tell us.
  3. me: sakura is just such a loving and csring person. like no matter what life throws at her she's accepts it and doea whatever she can to get through it. I mean she and ino have been fighting for years but she's still there for her. they're still friends. and lile even tho sasuke is a dick to her she's always just so forgiving. like even when he tells her she's worthless she keeps reaching out to him. and she does it all for naruto cuz him and sasuke are so important to each other and she knows that. and she's just so strong and she's grown up to be such a great person and I don't get why people are such dick wads to her.
  4. me: sakura was the best. *dies*
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me on my death bed: I have one final thing to say to all of you before I go. everyone: *leans im closer* what is it. tell us. me: sakura is just such a loving and csring person. like no matter what life throws at her she's accepts it and doea whatever she can to get through it. I mean she and ino have been fighting for years but she's still there for her. they're still friends. and lile even tho sasuke is a dick to her she's always just so forgiving. like even when he tells her she's worthless she keeps reaching out to him. and she does it all for naruto cuz him and sasuke are so important to each other and she knows that. and she's just so strong and she's grown up to be such a great person and I don't get why people are such dick wads to her. me: sakura was the best. *dies*

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Hi, I saw your donation drive on AO3, and I'm wondering what the money is for, exactly? $70,000 seems like a /lot/ of money. Is there somewhere I can see a list of intended purposes? Thank you!

70,000 USD does seem like a lot, which is why many of our users may be surprised to find out that in 2015, the OTW will need 75,000 USD just to replace old servers and expand capacity! The OTW’s annual budget for 2014 is 221,863.44 USD, and 70% of that goes directly to servers, collation, and staff development for AO3. The remaining 30% of our 2014 budget funds Fanlore, Legal Advocacy, Open Doors, and Transformative Works and Cultures; covers administrative costs; allows for outreach and membership development (such as our thank you gifts and shipping); and provides opportunities for professional development and training for personnel. All of these things help the OTW protect and celebrate fans and fan culture.

januarium

I find it amazing that people think that’s a lot of money to ask. It’s incredibly expensive to fund such heavily used and non ad supported websites, and that before anyone even gets paid for their work. I am definitely donating what I can to this drive, and I hope if you have a few dollars spare and benefit from Archive of Our Own, or any of their projects you will consider donating as well.

dragonmuse

I donated a bit this year and I hope those of you who can will consider doing the same. I spend at least a half hour on AO3 everyday and I wish I could give them more to keep it beautifully ad free. 

fortinbrasftw

Are you kidding me? 70,000 is NOTHING. That is insanely low for running such an amazing service, not to mention such a highly trafficked website. This amount would be considered a low to middle wage for a starting web developer. That’s one developer. For one year.

Please, please think about the level of service that web apps and other tools like AO3 provide and SUPPORT THEM. It’s staggering, and they deserve ten times this level of funding, which would still be a VERY low operating budget for a site of this scale.

imagine all the characters in gintama replying to someone tweeting "what is the most dad thing gintoki has ever done?"
  • not understanding how texting works
  • walking/feeding sadaharu even though he swore not to and he’s technically kagura’s
  • cooked food for kagura when she couldnt sleep
  • dadded a random baby he found?
  • pretended to die so he wouldnt have to give kagura any money for new years
  • the ‘happy birthday tsuyu’ pun that i still think is hilarious
  • im not answering this right but im having fun
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