Alright. So. A brief, and not entirely pleasant, update on the #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> fundraiser I& #39;ve been putting together all day.
The fundraiser has roughly 40 prizes in the mix. Each prize has a photo, along with some commentary from the person who donated it to the cause. For obvious reasons, the formatting on this post was intricate. Biggest, most complicated thing I& #39;ve ever built in our back end.
I was seven hours into the building of this post when our back-end decided it did not care for the number of photos and paragraph widgets I had threaded into it. The whole fucking thing is gone.
So. Solutions.
For starters, gonna have to delay the publication of the fundraiser by a day. Wanted it up first thing tomorrow morning, but that seems...unlikely. I need time to figure out how to work around this issue, and to redo the whole thing.
Secondly, I& #39;m pretty sure that, to avoid this happening again, I will need to split the entire thing across multiple posts. At least two, possibly even three. I don& #39;t like that, because that means people can& #39;t easily share it, but...I don& #39;t see another option at this time.
So, once again, thank you to everyone who& #39;s kicked in a prize towards this fundraiser. I wanted this thing up in the morning, and that& #39;s what I told you we were doing. Apologies for the change in plans. Please bear with me as I rework this fucker.
Also, thank you to everyone who& #39;s expressed interest in donating. Nothing& #39;s been lost here other than my time. The prizes kick ass. I promise it& #39;ll be worth the wait. Thank you for your patience.

Now, if you& #39;ll excuse me, I need to go smash things in my garage. (end thread)
(Also, before anyone else tells me: yes, I have been lol owned)
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