from the let's-get-minting dept

For the past month, we’ve been running our fundraising drive to support Techdirt’s reporting as we move into this new year — a year we believe is going to need our uncompromising coverage more than ever. Now that drive is coming to a close: today is the last day that you can get your hands on our very first Techdirt Commemorative Coin, celebrating 30 years of Section 230, by supporting us with $100 or more.

Throughout the month, we’ve published a series of posts on why we think our coverage matters and deserves your support:

• This Is What You’re Funding When You Support Techdirt: a round-up of some of our most important recent posts on critical issues, as examples of why we think our coverage is essential.
• Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along: another round-up, this time of our posts specifically about Section 230, the all-important law that makes the internet what it is today, but which very few people in media seem to truly understand even as it’s under threat.
• Support Techdirt: Where Bari Weiss Is Not Our Editor In Chief: a post we wrote in the wake of Bari Weiss’s controversial last-minute shutdown of a 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, which we think serves as a reminder of why it’s important to have independent media that isn’t controlled by billionaires and their lackeys.
• Techdirt Doesn’t Annoy You Into Paying, And That’s Worth Paying For: some thoughts on our business model here at Techdirt, where we steer clear of paywalls and registration walls and annoying algorithmic ads, and why that means we need direct reader support more than ever.
• You Shouldn’t Have To Hate Your News Source To Support It: a followup on that previous post, responding to a piece of criticism that it drew, and again making the case that it’s vital to have media that runs on voluntary reader support.

We’ve been extremely pleased with the response to our fundraising drive so far, and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has stepped up to make a donation. We can’t wait to get these coins minted and into your hands. For those of you who haven’t secured one yet, once again: today’s the last day. Head on over and make your donation before it’s too late!

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