A quick break from housecleaning to explain why I took the leap and set our #Mastodon4Harris fundraiser target at $500,000. Personally, I favor targets that I expect can be met in a couple of days, but I was struck by the logic folks here offered for going big. (I wasn't so struck that I made the goal $1,000,000.) I think we might be able to hit $500,000 by early to middle of next week. In the meantime, I'll alert you to significant inflection points. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
@heidilifeldman Thank you *very* much for setting this up and promoting it. (And I’m stunned at how much has been raised.)
@heidilifeldman Perhaps it will give you a break so we can get more if your insightful analysis?
Not that I am in any position to make demands in your time but love your writing here.
@abartlet Thank you!
YOu're just tired of me bugging you to make it bigger!! ;^)
@heidilifeldman
Love the new you know what
I was wondering about that. Will be curious to hear the details.
In the meantime, maybe some of us really dedicated fans can set up our own intermediate goals? Would anybody be interested in pledging to top up their contribution when we hit, say, $425k? It doesn't have to be anything huge; it can just be fun to have a reason to celebrate.
@jztusk I love this idea.
@heidilifeldman @jztusk I love this idea! I'll absolutely double my initial contribution if it hits $500K so that we can hit a million!!
@divinekanga @heidilifeldman @jztusk same. I actually did my donation prior to the campaign starting so I’ll double that and make it count
Okay! We'll make this a "fanfic" kind of thing? - something that you, the official organizer, don't have to do anything with, but we'll make the posts encouraging people, and point them at either your announcement, or the contribution page. Sound good?
Okay, it's "launched": https://mastodon.social/@jztusk/112856032728177865
Let's see if it gets any action.
@heidilifeldman Donated. Thanks for doing this!
@mkb Thank you!
@heidilifeldman
Thank you for doing this
Well, I hope the momentum keeps up. Incremental goals seem more encouraging to me, but then I had already donated before the drive began.
Good luck.