hey y'all, jae here. it's been a bit since our last financial update (we've had A Lot going on, both personally and within the business) but we're at a point where we aren't going to get meaningfully more information by continuing to wait to publish this. as always, if you have questions about any terms it's worth taking a look at past financial updates.
"We haven't been able to contact the person we rely on for our regular rounds of funding" is one of those nightmare scenarios because, like, why would you ever plan against it? How would you even begin to see it coming? I hope the person, whoever they are, is okay, but like, goddamn dude. What a fuckin unimaginable amount of uncertainty to have to live under if you're @staff!
If you like the site (you should) and want to help out in the short term (you should), the best way is to drop a subscription (or several) to Cohost Plus. It's the best way of getting money into the hands of the developers and extending their runway for either developing more revenue-generating features (people have expressed support for user-purchased ads, which is nice, but there is currently no site infrastructure to support that) and/or hear back from their investor. There's currently less than 3k Cohost Plus subscribers, so, fuck it, maybe we can double that.
Also, while it's understandable that it might have felt inappropriate for them to bring it up in a financial update, it's worth remembering that 1/4 of @staff just had to very literally flee their home state in the last month to escape transphobic legislation that would have put their personal safety in very real danger. This is something that's difficult to deal with under ideal circumstances, and frankly insane to have to deal with while also stressing about finances at their day job. This should perhaps move the needle on whether you sign up or not!
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