<story><title>New Year, New CEO</title><url>https://signal.org/blog/new-year-new-ceo/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kbenson</author><text>This post, and how it explains that there&amp;#x27;s 30 people working there now, made me realize that if I care about signal continuing (and I do, since I really like it, especially that it has a dedicated desktop client), that I should see how it makes money and whether that&amp;#x27;s sustainable.  Turns out it&amp;#x27;s donations, and now I&amp;#x27;m a donor through monthly charges through the mobile app.  I actually opted for that specifically because their web site noted that they can&amp;#x27;t give you a badge in the app if you donate online, and I thought showing the badge would be a good way for other people to see and inquire about, and hopefully realize they can donate too if they care to.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>conroy</author><text>While this is true, remember that the Signal Foundation was started with a sizeable investment from their new interim CEO Brian Acton.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In February of 2018, Acton invested $50 million of his own money to start the Signal Foundation alongside Moxie Marlinspike
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&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;signalfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;signalfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;He&amp;#x27;s worth at least a billion dollars, so one imagines that Signal will continue as long as he&amp;#x27;s involved.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Year, New CEO</title><url>https://signal.org/blog/new-year-new-ceo/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kbenson</author><text>This post, and how it explains that there&amp;#x27;s 30 people working there now, made me realize that if I care about signal continuing (and I do, since I really like it, especially that it has a dedicated desktop client), that I should see how it makes money and whether that&amp;#x27;s sustainable.  Turns out it&amp;#x27;s donations, and now I&amp;#x27;m a donor through monthly charges through the mobile app.  I actually opted for that specifically because their web site noted that they can&amp;#x27;t give you a badge in the app if you donate online, and I thought showing the badge would be a good way for other people to see and inquire about, and hopefully realize they can donate too if they care to.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Turns out it&amp;#x27;s donations&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are they still doing the crypto scheme? I stopped donating when that started, but would be more than happy to pick it back up if they reversed course.</text></comment>