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Too Tight To Mention...

We have had this conversation with Hoder a few times before. He is of the mindset that all the time and effort he puts into his weblog (in his case also other pet projects of his), should may be compensated for or at least the costs should be reimbursed somehow. I don't criticize him for thinking that. After all, he is one of the people that spends hours (at least used to) finding interesting links and reading stuff to add to his sites for his readers, so why should he put money out of his pocket too?

I have resisted that idea so far, as I think the relationship built between a blogger and his/her readers is somehow changed if one tried to sell the other one books and magazine subscriptions and long distance services. So, I've stayed away from accepting advertising or other ways a site or blog can at least pay for itself.

eyeranian.net is hosted on VortexHost currently. A great outfit I can't really complain about. They are not the least expensive option out there, but like everything else in life, you get what you pay for. As the site was originally set up for a small circle of interested readers, I subscribed to a plan that only gives me so much space and so many GB's of "traffic" per month and over the last couple of months, when the number of readers has steady increased from only a few to thousands, it has become evident that what I have is not enough. That is why you may have seen the "bandwidth limit exceeded" page here occasionally and no eyeranians in site.

I was thinking of going the advertising route (and still may have to) but a reader I currently do not recall suggested the donation path. Somewhat reluctantly, I am going to try that. There isn't a big amount needed, I'm not planning to quit my day job over this or buy that plasma TV for the bedroom, just a few bucks to pay for some upgrades and improve the current situation. I figure if all those who are interested, think this site is worthy of their support and don't want it to go away, make a small donation of $5, $10 or $25 (not that I would turn down much bigger ones!), we'll be fine and eyeranian.net will survive in its current format. Think of it as your entertainment money or paying for a small cultural bridge or a political endeavor or whatever else you like, it will be greatly appreciated regardless.

You can use the PayPal account I have set up by clicking on the button below if you choose to and can help. I thank all of those who do, or those who really want to but can't, in advance.

Posted by Pedram at November 20, 2003 11:27 PM