Bandwidth and new hardware need to be bought to keep the site running and ED isn't making enough to pay for these costs. ED needs you to donate anything you can so together we can fight the anti-
lulz so prevalent on the internets today.
It seems that a huge banner at the top of every page just wasn't enough to show the seriousness of the situation, so for the next day we are shutting down ED to have a fund drive.
Hopefully this temporary shutdown will get the message across, otherwise your lulz are done for.
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