Slashdot Story Helps Raise $43,200 For the FreeBSD Foundation In Three Days 84
An anonymous reader writes "The FreeBSD Foundation has posted blog article article talking about the remarkable surge in donations they've received in the last three days following a recent Slashdot article reporting on weak fundraising this year. Deb Goodkin reports that the FreeBSD Foundation, as with many non-profits, receives more than 50% of its annual funds at the end of the US tax year, but that the Foundation has never seen this rate of donations before, and will hit a new record for unique donors this year. She comments that it was Slashdot readers that made the difference! She does, however, appeal for further donations noting that they have a long way to go on their full goal."
Re:It is official; Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dyin (Score:5, Informative)
http://everything2.com/title/BSD+is+dying [everything2.com]
Re:Slashdot... (Score:5, Informative)
Being posted on Hacker News and Reddit and a few other sites probably had a much larger impact. Slashdot ceased being relevant about a decade ago.
I see statcounter in the page source. I'd guess they know where their traffic is coming from.
Re:Slashdot editor arrogance (Score:5, Informative)
Read the summary at least troll, a FreeBSD rep reported that the income was from the slashvertisement based on actual data, like you know ... referrer headers.
The brunt of BSD donations comes from larger organizations, but it certainly did result in some contributions.
Re:I keep being told (Score:5, Informative)
That's why they looked at referrer headers to see where the people who's been donating were coming from...