December points bonus

[denise]

Hello, all! It's December, and if you've been here before, you know what that means: it's time for our annual holiday points bonus.

For the month of December, all orders in the Shop of points and paid time (whether for you or as a gift) will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

This bonus only applies to orders of paid time and points: rename tokens and bonus icon slots don't receive bonuses. If you buy paid time for a friend, the bonus points will be sent to you, not to them.

The order must be completed in the month of December. IMPORTANT: "the month of December" is defined by server time (which is in UTC), not by your local time zone. So, if you're in EST, the promo ends on December 31 at 7PM your time. Every year a few people think that they have more time to make an order than they do, so if you want to take advantage of the promo, it's a good idea to do it before the last day.

(Speaking of thinking we had more time than we did, we got hit by that this year: we all thought it was still November, so we hadn't activated the bonus yet until just now. Anyone who completed an order yesterday or this morning before we turned the bonus on didn't automatically get the points, but I have a list of all the carts that were affected and I'll be manually sending out the bonus points. Sorry about that! I'm genuinely surprised it took 10 years for that to happen...)

This is our annual way of saying "thank you" to our supporters. We don't accept advertising, we don't sell your data, and we haven't taken venture capital or outside investment -- and we never will. These past years have really proven how terrible the consquences for the internet and for society as a whole can be when our online social spaces are controlled by mega-corporations and dark-money advertisers. By choosing to upgrade your account, you help us continue to stand against that trend and keep the lights on in a space where you can be 100% confident the only special interests influencing us are my cats trying to get me to make room so they can sleep on the warmth of the laptop. From the bottoms of our hearts, thank you.

We hope you all have an excellent December, and whatever holidays you celebrate, may they be full of joy! Here's to a wonderful 2020 for us all.

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