Back online

submitted by magnora7[A] from self.SaidIt

Sorry for the hours of downtime everyone. There was a billing problem but it's resolved now. Basically the credit card number being used for autopay got cancelled, and without notice. I'm going to work with our server guy to set up a more robust system of warnings so we can avoid having downtime due to billing issues in the future.

On the plus side, we just pre-paid for another entire year of saidit, which cost $1200, so we're not going anywhere. Donations thankfully covered most of it, and some is coming out of my pocket but it's worth it to keep saidit online. Thank you to everyone who has donated to saidit through crypto or patreon. Saidit is back online.

Anyway, back to your regular saidit...

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[–]Tiwaking 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

YAY!! Welcome back Magnora7!! Welcome back everyone! Welcome Back Kotter - Theme Song

[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, welcome back to you too!

I'm glad it was a billing issue, that is easy to fix compared to other possible issues. It took a little while to get back online, but we should be thankful server guy did all this for free for us, which he did right after working a 12 hour shift rebuilding a physical server farm (which is why we had to wait a little bit, he was already quite busy for a paying client). It's honestly incredible that between me and d3rr and server guy, that we've built all this without any of us ever being paid one cent, and 3 years in to this saidit is still able to recover from shutdown problems within a matter of hours. I think it's something to be proud of that we have this level of stability, and today was a test of that.

Anyway, glad we're back! Cheers. Now it's time to relax and have fun. We've got a full year pre-paid so we should be problem free for a while.

[–]johnjdoe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i invented the toilet.

[–]noice 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (17 children)

Does Saidit have a Monero donation address?

[–]magnora7[S] 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (16 children)

No, unfortunately I've tried to set it up twice, putting in several hours each time, and the Monero wallet is a trainwreck and I don't have any crypto exchanges that can do Monero, so I have no way to exchange it back in to BTC or USD. So no Monero at the moment, sorry. Thanks for the offer though.

We do accept donations in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and Bitcoin Cash. Donation addresses are here, and donations are greatly appreciated especially since I just bought $1200 of server time: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/jf/cryptocurrency_support_for_saiditnet/

[–]Markimus 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

You should look into integrating BAT (Brave browser) with saidit. People can easily tip with that thing and they get the crypto for free just for using the browser which has a bunch of privacy stuff built into it, it seems like the best browser at the moment.

[–]usehername 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

It's chromium-based :/

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

I believe d3rr did that already, and we have built up like $13 worth of BAT tokens or whatever in the last 2 years. So it hasn't been a huge boon, but it's there, I believe.

[–]Markimus 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah you have to click the address bar triangle thing to set it up kind of manually, it's not really noticeable even to Brave users. I would recommend having something more visible for supporters in the Saidit banner or something. A link to a page that has every way of donating, including BAT that is easily accessible from any page on the site. When I used to use Shitjude Bitchute, they had a monthly goal donation pot thing, something like that could work.

we have built up like $13 worth of BAT tokens or whatever in the last 2 year

I've had the browser for 6 months and I have about 3 times as much as that alone, 100 regular users in the US/Canada/UK could quite easily fund this site without them even paying a penny if they just each hedged 1 BAT per month to this site.

Guys on this site are very libertarian and privacy orientated so I think "shilling" Brave and making it part of the Saidit culture is the way to go really. The main points of Brave are this:

  • Users earn money for using the browser < everyone loves this

  • Users have privacy online < Saidit users love this

  • Users get an easy entrance into crypto < people who aren't in already love this

  • Users can very easily give some of their BAT to creators, websites etc they support through the crypto with literally 0 effort < everyone loves this

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I would recommend having something more visible for supporters in the Saidit banner or something.

I've said this for years.

[–]Canbot 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Bad news.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Oh. No worries, it seems more effort than it's worth. I do remember we spent quite some time messing with it. Maybe someday we'll set it up. D3rr was the one who would know the most about the BAT stuff, I never really messed with it

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Oh. No worries, it seems more effort than it's worth

ATH of BAT was $1.50 although it's in the shitter right now.

Edit: perhaps more usefully, you pay for Brave ad campaigns in BAT I believe. Pile up BAT when it's cheap for a cheap ad for Saidit if you want it.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That's not true either.

The problem is they needed a name with a mobile phone number. I didn't have one then. I have one now. We can set this up if you like. You can even give me a percentage for handling it. If you trust me. You have no reason not to. I've not lied or cheated. Your only beefs with me, so far as I know, is when you take offense at things I've stated, when I disagree with you, when I challenge your management "style", and when I called out your bullshit on occasion. The option is yours, with me or anyone else with a real name and mobile number.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Not sure that's correct at all.

[–]noice 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I can help you use Monero if you'd like. I've never had problems with the official Monero wallet, but I imagine a pain point may be that it wants you to run a full node and download the full blockchain to use it. I believe you can set it to a public node to avoid that - you lose some privacy in theory but you might feel OK with a node that's trusted by the community or something.

For converting XMR to BTC, I'd suggest TradeOgre. It's got very low fees since it's a trading platform, there's no KYC requirement, and they list BTC-XMR pair (including plenty of other BTC pairs).

Cakewallet is a self-custodial phone app wallet that is very simple to use and has both BTC and XMR wallet functionality. It uses a remote node that Cakewallet owns, but you can change it to a different one if you want to.

There are other suggestions here: getmonero.org

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice and the links. Maybe we'll give it a try someday soon, once everything else is settled and I have some extra free time. Things are probably better now than back when I tried it.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Saved.

I/we may need some help with crypto stuff.
(/s/Cassy + /s/Projex + /s/StandUpWindsor + more.)

[–]noice 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Would be glad to help!

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Would be glad to help!

I have a few ideas.

You can make instructional posts on /s/cryptocurrency that address crypto, crowdsourcing, and fundraising, then ping me, and I can copypasta to https://Projex.Wiki/wiki/Crowdsourcing and mirror it to WikiSpooks and InfoGalactic.

You can email, PM me, or whatever then I can copypasta to https://Projex.Wiki/wiki/Crowdsourcing and mirror it to WikiSpooks and InfoGalactic.

Or you can join https://Projex.Wiki and work on pages. You can start wiki pages, post the links on SaidIt, and ask for help filling them out - or just share when you're done without collaboration.

It's up to you.

If all goes well without distractions, today I'll migrate the lists of /s/DecentralizeAllThings/wiki to Projex.Wiki, and maybe start the Crowdsourcing article and Tech Alternatives (/s/technology/comments/8x88/projexwiki_will_be_starting_a_list_of_tech/).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

At some point soon I'm going to try to start crowdsource fundraising for several groups needing support:

1) Global causes and communications (ie. SaidIt, WikiSpooks, Projex, future /s/Cassy decentralized platforms, etc.)

2) Canadian causes (ie. truckers, protestors, White Flag Society, etc.)

3) Windsor causes (ie. Windsor Freedom Rallies, Sanctuary Café, local activism, urban gardening classes, Windsor alt comms, Green Room, White Flag Society, etc.)

4) My projects and causes (ie. replace my stolen bags, banner/sign/sticker/t-shirt projects, gear wish lists, podcasts and videos, better food, etc.)

All of this also needs a system to be FOTPACH (fair, open, transparent, peaceful, accountable, consistent, honest) as well as enduring, flexible, resilient, safe, secure, and tyranny-proof.

Now that I've typed all this out I wonder if this should be a post.

[–]noice 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't remember if there is a crowdfunding service that uses Monero or not. I want to say so but I may've been hallucinating.

When it comes to using crypto to transfer money to a community, I think then who controls the wallet can become controversial and cause problems, since it's usually 1 or a few people. This could be the case if you just use crypto without any crowdfunding service infrastructure. That said, Monero is awesome in that if you publish a private view key, you can demonstrate proof of receipt of all of the funds. Then there would have to be some system of accountability by the organization receiving that money, so that it's allocated FOTPACHly (lol). Once the money is in the hands of the organization, then Monero's untraceable nature becomes kind of a double-edged sword, because it's harder for the crowd to know if it's being used responsibly, but it also makes it resistant to tyrranical forces.

[–]Entropick 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks Magnora, you keep the dream of the old internet alive.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks Entropick

[–]Zapped 5 insightful - 7 fun5 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

I was worried that the server was in Ukraine.

[–]CancelPower 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I honestly thought this site has been DDOS attacked.

[–]Chipit 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Good on ya man. And have a backup plan ready if this host ever gets rekt. And a backup plan for the backup plan.

[–]johnjdoe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

thats why i always wear two sets of panties. just in case, if you know what i mean. in case of an accident.

[–]Chipit 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Why is this account consistently posting pro-regime propaganda? Who does that without money changing hands?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh we do. We're not going anywhere.

[–]yabbit 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If I ever get rich with crypto I'll send some your way bro saidit is a breath of fresh air in this era of censorship and corporatism.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks :)

[–]Rastafoo 4 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Back to regular saidit... everyone on Reddit is bad

[–]MarkJefferson 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Glad it's back online. Thanks to all the donors.

[–]Riva 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Did you donate to some truckers?

[–]johnjdoe 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

i donated twenty five gallons of blood.

[–]hfxB0oyA 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks man. I missed the place more than I expected to. This place is an oasis of sanity in a desert of madness.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Wooooo

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Oh thank God. Reddit fucking crawls with bots, propaganda, and shills. I am pretty sure I was talking with some 50 cent army dudes and even got a "death to Amerikkka".

[–]Drizzt 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Kudos to you!

[–]rubberbiscuit 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Are you a Canadian trucker? Are donations via tipping via brave (using BAT) helpful even if its a small amount?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We'd really prefer donations via other cryptos, I don't have a good process for getting BAT back to USD to pay for the server costs. Best is Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and Bitcoin Cash. Donation addresses here: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/jf/cryptocurrency_support_for_saiditnet/

[–]tyranicaloverlord 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I was wondering if you got shut down for being a pro free speech platform like parlor.

[–]yetanotherone_sigh 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Poal is down again, too.