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Thank you for your consideration!

I'm Ryan, the network coordinator and founder of DarkMyst. I have been running DarkMyst as a purely expense-only operation since it was founded in December of 1998. Throughout DarkMyst's entire eleven year history, I've always stood my ground when it comes to my philosophy with donations and money: IRC is free, and should remain free. Users should never feel obligated to donate or feel guilty for not contributing financially. As a result, we have never solicited for donations or even offered a means of obtaining them.

However, after a lot of consideration and discussion with users who brought up the subject, I decided to add a small text link our site for those users that are interested in contributing to DarkMyst. Donations will never be directly solicited, but I've decided to provide a means to those users that wish to volunteer.

Donating financially

Donating financially allows us the most flexibility, so it's the preferred method of donating. It's hard for me to ignore the fact that with additional funds beyond what I can provide to the network, we have better opportunities to improve it. There are a lot of projects that have been put on the back burner simply because it's not affordable or feasible to do with only the money that I can personally provide.

Below, you will find a button to allow you to contribute to the network via PayPal. After clicking the button, simply input the amount that you wish to donate and click on the "Update" button. You will then be required to sign into your PayPal account. Small or large, your donation will be greatly appreciated. Please include the nickname that you use on DarkMyst when donating so that I know who to thank personally, unless you prefer to keep your contribution anonymous. Thank you for your consideration and patronage!

Donating hardware

If you would like to make a hardware donation - whether it be legacy or modern equipment - please contact me (Ryan on IRC) with the items you have available to contribute. If it would be a helpful contribution, then additional information on donating it will be provided.

Donate to DarkMyst