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I disagree. I think it's important to show that multiple people decided to donate because of this single comment. It's prompted me to donate to Let's Encrypt.

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I also donated I think the feeling of missing out helped sway the decision.

I just donated, but only because the thread got this deep.

Is there any other way to donate but with PayPal? I want to but not through PayPal.

that's what the up-vote button is for

The upvote count is kept private, so it doesn't serve the same purpose of indicating public support for a comment.

Unfortunately meta discussions are frowned upon too, so I shouldn't have made this comment either.

Ah, thanks. I guess I never realized that it was private.

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