End of the Year 2015 Donation Run

When logging into the main site you can see Fabrice is holding a "End of the Year 2015 Donation Run", but as far as I can see I haven't found any reference to it in the forums, so I'll copy the message from Fabrice here, so that everyone can see it.

Some people just use the forum and not the main site, or when logging into the main site just jump to their reviews and don't check the blog. I hope it's not a problem pasting the message here.

Quote:Has this website been valuable to you? Please consider supporting my work with a donation. It would be fantastic if we can reach ~ 600 € (EUR). I would love to upgrade my 3rd Gen iPad, which is getting kinda slow and clunky, but is still one of my favorite gadgets

In previous years there have been spontaneous donation runs started by members on our forum. I'm very grateful for that. This year I decided to be a little bolder, because I need your support. I've lost two advertisers recently, and for whatever reason the website has seen a noticeable drop in traffic in the month of November.

To be honest, my motivation is taking a blow lately. I've worked two months on upgrading the forum. I designed and implemented a completely new theme for MyBB, spent hours figuring out how to upgrade from PunBB as their script didn't work out of the box, finally made the forum mobile friendly & responsive. And the net result? It's doing OK, but I have yet to see any substantial positive change. Maybe I just need to be really patient as Google is still reporting 2000+ pages with "mobility" issues... On the up side, the daily registrations on the forum has increased so it's a good sign.

People, this site has helped thousands of people through almost a decade already, and in my opinion it's the most resourceful place I've ever seen in regards to Japanese learning. Let's give back some love this Christmas by sending a donation to the man that created this community.