Same. I was blown away this morning looking at how much has been raised despite only being posted about 8 hours ago. I really love this community, and FA has always been "home."

Wow just discovered your art, incredible :D

Thank you! I really love your work, I'm honoured.

I just saw it and I am crying after I feared this site would go over the last days.

Dragonner debe estar mirandonos orgulloso en alguna parte ♥️

Wow! Inspiring indeed. Blessings unto all the good beans and peeps. ☺️

This place is culture, we see it as a silly and often questionable gallery, but in fact, lots of ideas are born everyday, lots of brainstorming, of inspiration, and it's mostly because there are so few limitations compared to other art galleries. And that's why so many answered the call. I really hope we can keep this place running because it would be a great loss.

And lots of friendships are made

Over more than 15 years now I met a bunch over amazing, kind and inspiring people here, this is my online home and will stay it.

Oh that is impressive :o

It's extremely sad what he was put through, and the US healthcare system is horrific. But gosh, it is lovely to see that amount of money raised in just a matter of hours.

FA is more important than ever. Dragoneer's and FA's approach to absolutely zero tolerence to right wing garbage and generative AI, has made this a safe haven in a way that many other websites and social media places have failed.

This community is wonderful.

^ This here. FA is one of the few sites not fallen to rampant enshittification. It is one of the few sites I feel I can be myself authentically.

^^^thissssss!!!!

I love this place

Indeed, this is how real online communities work and get together for things that are actually valuable to people. Great job everyone!

Yes very much so!!!! Incredibly happy to see the outpouring of love! 🐾

It's really incredible to see the support happening for Neer and his family. The whole thing got funded in barely a few hours too! There's a lot of people out there on social media who are under the impression that FA is 'dead' and has been for years. They couldn't be farther from the truth.

I'm cautious but hopeful. According to the GoFundMe, FA costs something like $20,000 per month to run. Ad-hoc donations aren't going to sustain that. And I'd be astonished and delighted, but also very surprised, if they can sign up thousands of FA Plus members in that time. It's a difficult problem and I don't have any confident suggestions.

But meanwhile, consider the incredible gift that was given to this community in the form of just having FA there, for decades, without ever having to wonder where it came from or how it was paid for. It's humbling.

On FA's official Discord server, it was announced the site will not rely on donors to keep going. They just need help now during the legal transition process.

That's incredible news, thank you for letting me know.

Right? I clicked first thing in the morning on the gofundme, expecting a sad outlook and it was incredible to see it already exceeded the sum. Still donated my little part.

There are some REALLY good folks here.

I just got finished reading the announcement and checked the Gofundme and I couldn't help but applaud this community, seeing that goal been smashed so fast is nothing but amazing!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, no other online community will come together for someone in need like furries will.

Oh yeah. Such a very great community here. ^^

I saw that too, and sure the furry community really pulled through with the support.
Here's for hopefully many years more with Fa!

Same!!! I am so proud of the whole community. Makes one really feel at home here even more :')

Same!
I just got home from work and went to put in my pittance and was just floored at how much has already been donated. Tears came to my eyes. I have been on this one site for 14yrs. I'm not big. But I've met some amazing and supportive folks here and FA has been my home away from home for a long, long time. It made my heart sing to see how many folks came together to support Dragoneer's family and FA.
I feel both grateful and proud to be a part of this community.

FA has been the home of my artwork since I got started~ It's been a staple in my day to day for well over a decade and I've loved watching it grow. 💙 The GoFundMe had me thinking about ongoing support for the site and I found out that FA has a subscription/monthly donation option to help out with running costs; just hopped on that!