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Tue, Jan. 1st, 2008 11:08 pm
Scribbld Going Invite Only For the Moment

ANY JOURNAL NOT VALIDATED BY JANUARY 4, 2008 WILL BE "SOLD" on [info]usernames AND CANNOT BE RE-CLAIMED BY THE OWNER!

Make sure you validate your journals!


Greetings,

Our poor web server and sometimes database server is having trouble keeping up with all the new users and accounts being created. I've had to turn on invite codes for the moment and while the invite system isn't working just right yet, we'll hopefully have it up and running sometime this week.

Currently we're looking to purchase a new server, a much beefier machine. Everything is going to be purchased from NewEgg. Here are the specs:


CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail - $154.00

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $69.99

Sony NEC Optiarc 20X DVDΒ±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model AD-7190A - OEM - $24.99

Shuttle SG33G5M Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron 400 Intel G33 VFD remote control Barebone - Retail - $359.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail - $274.99

Unfortunately this costs $1000.00 and we have about $20.00. Any donations of any size are gladly accepted, we'll bump your account to paid status immediately. If you're interested in making a donation please let us know. We really want to be a nice journal server but the current server is already snapping under the load.

If you can think of any other ways to raise funds we're all ears!

Thanks everyone and Happy New Year!

Update: Wow, in the first 5 minutes there's already been a couple generous people willing to donate. I personally want to thank them and I really appreciate it. You people are a good group. I've setup donations through PayPal, just visit this link or click on the donate link on the sidebar.

Thank you so much everyone!

Update #2: Invite codes are now up and running. You may visit this page to generate some codes. Let me know how it works!

Thank you!

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headgirl
headgirl
just jen.
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have too much myself at the moment but I'd still be happy to make a donation!


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:43 am (UTC)

Check it out!

http://www.scribbld.net/donate.bml


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kalt
kalt
Dayna
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:35 am (UTC)

I'd be happy to make a donation as well.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:44 am (UTC)

Wow, that'd be much appreciated!

http://www.scribbld.net/donate.bml


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athenaspupil
athenaspupil
athenaspupil
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:24 am (UTC)

I'm unable to contribute at the moment, but within the next month or two I should and I plan to. Anything to help this site. :)


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 12:29 pm (UTC)

Hey it's cool, it's the thought that counts! Thanks muchos!


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vaisey
vaisey
Paging~ Captain Oblivious.
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:32 am (UTC)

Hopefully I can donate something in the next couple of days, because I know I'm rooting for scribbld, to be honest.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 12:29 pm (UTC)

Hey that'd be fabulous, thanks so much!


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j_adoube
j_adoube
Lesley
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 07:12 am (UTC)

Hey, I went ahead and donated. It's a small donation for now, but I'm kind of saving pennies until I get paid on Thursday. The donation email is joshlewisrocks at gmail dot com.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 12:29 pm (UTC)

Thank you so, much that's really appreciated!


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purple
purple
ashley
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 07:47 am (UTC)

Jimmy, you're awesome. Even if you play xbox over playstation ;]


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 12:29 pm (UTC)

Haha hey hey now!! I play tons of Playstation!! They just don't seem to have such a cool banner/gamertag system that XBox has so I can show what games I've been playing! Or maybe they do and I missed it...haha

I LOVE Playstation...I rock everything from the PS1 to PSP to PS3 haha!!


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ludivine
je veux te voir dans un film pornographique
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 02:44 pm (UTC)

I have a couple questions! Apologies if it seems like I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth here, but is there a base line for donations if we'd like more than one account on paid status? Also, do paid users receive any more invite codes than non? Thanks so much for your dedication to keeping the site running!

As for other ways to raise money, I know I personally wouldn't mind unobtrusive ads like Google Adsense. Giant banners--especially ones that talk--are a turn-off, but I'd hope most people would understand that some form of advertising can be a necessity.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:13 pm (UTC)

Sure, you just let me know which accounts (up to 3 if $10 or more is donated) that you want to be on paid status. And it's pretty much a life time of paid status at the moment since I don't have the resources to track it.

Paid accounts should receive 50 codes (that might be 50 codes per month but we'll have to see when 1 month comes around (to see if the code that generates them is setup properly).

I did think about Google Adsense. I agree about big flashy banner, blech!

Let me know if you have any other questions.


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wilde
wilde
dorian gray.
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:12 pm (UTC)

I'm planning on donating, but I have similar questions to ~ludivine! I also second Adsense, even if it's only until the funds are generated.

The codes seem to be working perfectly fine. Thanks again for your dedication to the site, we all really appreciate it :)


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:15 pm (UTC)

Awesome!! I'll work on getting some Adsense working this afternoon!


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snape
snape
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:07 pm (UTC)

I really want to thank you for all the great work you're doing with the site, you're awesome! I can't make a donation right now, but I will as soon as possible ♥


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 10:13 pm (UTC)

Thank you, it'd be much appreciated!


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theo_nott
theo_nott
theo_nott
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:16 pm (UTC)

Stupid question: I just donated, but I'm not sure if I put the usernames in the right spot (I placed it in the Paypal comment, not the comment section for the ChipIn thing); should I send an email too?


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:25 pm (UTC)

Nope, you got it right! :) I've updated all the accounts you asked :)

Thank you much!


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ashlee
ashlee
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC)

i wish i could make a donation, but i am so broke right now it's not even funny. but i did want to say that i think you are doing an absolutely fantastic job with this site.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 10:13 pm (UTC)

Hehe that's cool. I am pretty broke too so it's really great when people donate and help out!!

Glad you're enjoying the site!!


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inguna
inguna
That girl.
Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2008 11:19 pm (UTC)

You are a huge stud, dude. I am so happy to be migrating over here. You, sir, rocketh the casbah.

I hope a donation of twenty will help! I should get it sent over tomorrow. I just need to shuffle some funds. <3


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 02:06 am (UTC)

Thanks so much, it's much appreciated!!!


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shiloh
shiloh
shiloh
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 12:31 am (UTC)

Thank you for instituting the codes. That shows a lot of responsibility...unlike some other servers that simply redirect traffic to other sites. Twelve million thumbs up!


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comrade
comrade
Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry.
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 12:31 am (UTC)

I'm getting money on Saturday, so I'll be donating then, hopefully. You're doing a superb job on this site, by the way! :)


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 02:17 am (UTC)

Thank you much!!


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 08:59 pm (UTC)
Re: Hello

Cool, look forward to see ya around. Cool icon too, POKEMON!!!!


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glaceon
β€’Glaceonβ€’
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 09:27 pm (UTC)

Awesome Jimmy! you're doin great! If you want, after I finish my TF @007 moodtheme, I can allow scribbld to use it. ^^

Also I invited some friends over here. One of them might not be able to validate by tomorrow since shes visiting a friend in another state. That's okay, right?


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Thu, Jan. 3rd, 2008 09:31 pm (UTC)

Sure sure!! Actually if you're looking for a Paid Account I've got a lot more mood themes that I've not been able to add myself yet.

Your friend should be okay. I won't be running the new lists until sometime next week. Has she already created an account? If so what's the username. I'll try to get it removed from any lists or I can manually validate it.

Thanks!


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shadow
shadow
one less perfect than the next
Fri, Jan. 4th, 2008 08:37 pm (UTC)

just out of curiosity, what's the maximum number of friends an early account user (and free users when early accounts stop being given out) can have added to their friends list?


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Fri, Jan. 4th, 2008 08:45 pm (UTC)

Currently it should be set to unlimited.


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chip
chip
Fri, Jan. 4th, 2008 08:53 pm (UTC)

i'm definitely going to donate, but if you give us paid accounts for us could we somehow maybe give those paid account to our friends? i only need one :[


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Fri, Jan. 4th, 2008 10:01 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I think we can definitely work something out :)


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cherrycoke
cherry coke
Sat, Jan. 5th, 2008 06:37 am (UTC)

i'm just wondering, am i the only person who isn't being sent any emails from this site? i'm trying to validate my account /~habeth and it won't send me a validation email.


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mikipinku
mikipinku
princess serenity, hbic.
Sat, Jan. 5th, 2008 06:53 am (UTC)

Donated, of course, of course! New servers are definitely a high priority and worthy cause.


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mikipinku
mikipinku
princess serenity, hbic.
Sat, Jan. 5th, 2008 06:56 am (UTC)

And also, I know the accounts need to be activated by today, but the activation emails for all the accounts I just registered (for an RPG) aren't being sent to me. Is there any way to avoid them being swept?


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jenova
jenova
γ‚Έγ‚§γƒŽγƒ
Sat, Jan. 5th, 2008 11:44 pm (UTC)

My friend isn't getting her validation email.


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sassy
sassy
kelly
Sun, Jan. 6th, 2008 12:43 am (UTC)

Hey, I hate to bother you. I just wanted to let you know that validation emails aren't coming through for new users.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Sun, Jan. 6th, 2008 04:34 am (UTC)

Testing emails & comments...


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lawton_anime
lawton_anime
Kyle
Wed, Jan. 9th, 2008 07:25 am (UTC)

I gave yall 40 dollars just a few days ago over paypal, soon I think I can give yall some more in the next week or so ^_^ I have a very deep desire to see yall succeed, the nonsense over in a particular journal.com place is annoying me ^_^; I may very well end up sticking with and supporting yall longer. Just keep active with us users and I will make sure to keep active with yall, do what I can for yall.


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jimmy
jimmy
jimmy
Wed, Jan. 9th, 2008 12:41 pm (UTC)

Awesome, thank you very much!!


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