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Bumping to the front page because our costs have risen.
I mean... it's OK, not the end of the world... USB > GBP hasn't helped in the last 9 months, but the real issue is this:
Does that change much? Not really, servers are fine... but it changes 1 thing, we were sending ~90k email notifications per month, and our $90 per month billing for SendGrid allows 100k emails per month... and we are now sending over 230k emails per month... so we've blown straight through our allowance (and did so last month too but I didn't notice) as you're all online chatting more. This has tripled that cost. We get charged $0.01 per additional email, are currently 130k over quota, hence additional $130 per month right no (we are on the Pro 100K plan here https://sendgrid.com/docs/ui/account-and-settings/billing/#api-plans-overage-costs )
It'll probably return to what it was after all this stuff, and it's not the end of the world now (I pay for things on credit card to soak up the fluctuations)... but if you've been having a good time on the site and don't donate and can afford £5 or £10 per month, please know such things are appreciated and do add up.
The donate link is under the LFGSS menu at the top of every page, and also here.