As you've no doubt noticed, there have been some pretty significant changes to 4chan today. Some of you are understandably wondering what we're doing and why.

The fact is, and we really are sorry about it, but we have zero money. ZERO. Back when we started up (again) we made some good returns on ads and donations and we've been trying to hold ourselves together on that. Of course, for a site the size of 4chan that's impossible. I just want to give you a sense of the scale of things to appreciate what it is that we do here:

• 4chan pushes roughly 4.3TB of data/month. That is almost double what we we did in the previous incarnation of 4chan.

• On an off-day the site gets over 32,000 unique hits from users all over the world (we're talking Finland, Singapore, Italy, and a host of others here people).

• 4chan was originally run by one person: Moot. We now have more than twenty moderators and administrators working to ensure that we have a great site and, more importantly, internet community. We want more than anything for you to have a positive experience. There are copycat image boards out there, but none of them have the size and quality of staff needed to run a site the size of 4chan.

• Running 4chan for a full year will cost roughly $7200.

This is it folks. On past occasions when 4chan was in dire straits such as these the community has stood up and made it possible. It may seem like we do this a lot, like we're always begging and never getting anywhere. Even so, 4chan recently had its first anniversary. It has been a bumpy ride, no doubt about it, but we've got staying-power. We're still with you and we need you to still be with us.

We're back on board with YowCow. It's easy to set up and it's not paypal so there's no need to worry about their baggage. Just click the button and donate a little something (or a lot something). This an easy and completely painless way to ensure that we continue to bring you the 4chan experience. Be sure to support our advertising sponsors as well.

Speaking of advertising, send an email to business@4chan.org for info on how you can advertise pretty much anything on 4chan–one of the largest anime interest websites in the world. Our rates are criminally low for a site 4chan's size and popularity and we have flexible payment options. Both personal and business ads are welcome. If you want to capture the anime market there is no better site on which to advertise.

I'm going to say it again. The site needs money or it goes bye-bye and don't count on a v.6. There's more incentive though. 4chan is not going to stagnate. We have plans to make the site more full-featured, to improve posting quality and the image of both our board and its users. What are we going to do? We'll add things like reviews (both serious and non) and a better portal with new and interesting content. 

Remember, we are the original English chan and there is no substitute. We want to run an awesome website that we can all be proud of, but 4chan doesn't come cheaply.