I'm gonna use this admirable and principled post to sprinkle a little salt: We, the users, paid for hosting last year. That rectangle at the upper right got filled. And I know y'all were so busy doing important things that it never got acknowledged, but can we bloody acknowledge it? This discussion is always about funding and sustainability and we fuckin' met your pledge drive, yo. And we never even got our victory lap.We haven't gone the "selling our users" route, and we aren't going to. If there's not a better way, then maybe there shouldn't be a way.
Also, when I hover over the little rectangle now, it still reads "Hubski 2017 Funding Goal." Not sure if you're the guy to talk to about that, or if it's an error on my end, but I figured mentioning it would be helpful.
I've been considering Brave. insomniasexx and I were just discussing it the other day.