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      <title>Writing.Exchange Funding Shortfall</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Our Writing.Exchange community has been running for almost eight years! But as our little writing space has grown, so have our hosting costs.&#xA;&#xA;Many members of the community have contributed to help keep this space sustainable -- if you have, thank you so much!&#xA;&#xA;But after catching up on our accounting today, we&#39;re back at $0 in our Writing Exchange fund, with only 45% of our annual expenses covered by current donations.&#xA;&#xA;As always, this community is financially supported by my tiny company, Write.as (@write_as@writing.exchange), in times like this so we can always keep the lights on. But for now, we&#39;ll have to fall back on that funding until we can get up to a sustainable level of income in our member-backed fund. Ultimately, we always want to keep this community independently funded directly by the people who share and socialize here.&#xA;&#xA;So if you have the means and would like to contribute, especially if you aren&#39;t already a Write.as customer, we&#39;d really appreciate anything you can donate, whether recurring or one-time.&#xA;&#xA;Donate here on Open Collective&#xA;&#xA;Either way, thank you all for continuing to write here every day, and for making this place what it is!&#xA;&#xA;\- @matt@writing.exchange&#xA;&#xA;#WritingExchange #OpenCollective]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our <a href="https://writing.exchange">Writing.Exchange</a> community has been running for almost <strong>eight years</strong>! But as our little writing space has grown, so have our hosting costs.</p>

<p>Many members of the community have contributed to help keep this space sustainable — if you have, <em>thank you so much!</em></p>

<p>But after catching up on our accounting today, we&#39;re back at $0 in our <a href="https://opencollective.com/writingexchange">Writing Exchange fund</a>, with only <strong>45%</strong> of our annual expenses covered by current donations.</p>

<p>As always, this community is financially supported by my tiny company, <a href="https://write.as">Write.as</a> (<a href="/@/write_as@writing.exchange" class="u-url mention">@<span>write_as@writing.exchange</span></a>), in times like this so we can always keep the lights on. But for now, we&#39;ll have to fall back on that funding until we can get up to a sustainable level of income in our member-backed fund. Ultimately, we always want to keep this community independently funded directly by the people who share and socialize here.</p>

<p>So if you have the means and would like to contribute, especially if you aren&#39;t already a <a href="https://write.as/pro">Write.as customer</a>, we&#39;d really appreciate anything you can donate, whether recurring or one-time.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://opencollective.com/writingexchange">Donate here on Open Collective</a></strong></p>

<p>Either way, thank you all for continuing to write here every day, and for making this place what it is!</p>

<p>- <a href="/@/matt@writing.exchange" class="u-url mention">@<span>matt@writing.exchange</span></a></p>

<p><a href="https://meta.writing.exchange/tag:WritingExchange" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">WritingExchange</span></a> <a href="https://meta.writing.exchange/tag:OpenCollective" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">OpenCollective</span></a></p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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