I have a policy of writing thank-you notes to everyone who sets up a subscription or makes a one-time donation to Shakesville, and I was just trying to catch up on my note-writing when I accidentally deleted a whole bunch of emails from May and June I hadn't had a chance to respond to yet. I don't even know how the fuck I did it, because they're not even in the trash file—they're just…gone.
I started going through my PayPal records one at a time to recover the email addresses, but that process was so time-intensive it was taking away from the work people donate to support. Ugh.
So, I'm sorry for getting so behind in the first place, and I'm sorry that I totes fucked up and deleted those emails, and I'm sorry that now I'm not going to be able to send personal thank-yous to a lot of people.
Thank you to each of you. I am truly grateful for your support of this community and my work to manage it. And my apologies for not saying that personally.
[I will just quickly acknowledge here that some people will inevitably read this as some sort of backhanded fundraiser. I know I'm opening myself to that charge, but it was more important for me to say thank you than to avoid criticism, and all I can say is that this is not intended as a plea for donations. It is genuinely just to say thank you for donations received and offer my apologies for fucking up.]
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