[Aurornis]

This was submitted with a title that doesn’t match the page and is not even accurste (Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up) is not correct. This donation page is not for the public NTP pool. It’s for the NTP Project organization and their web page.

All of the angry comments from people who think NTP will stop working if the donation bar doesn’t get to $1000 are misinformed. Also note that the bar isn’t updating. It’s been stuck at $365 for myself and others despite donations coming in.

[dang]

Not sure what happened here—the submitter is a good contributor, so most likely it was a simple misunderstanding—but yeah, the title shouldn't have been editorialized (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

[jrmg]

You’re right, people are plainly commenting based on the title.

The goal has now mysteriously changed to a goal of $4000.

[6c696e7578]

Likely the $3000 was needed to stand up a network that can handle the request load from hacker news.

[CamperBob2]

Now it's $4560 on the way to a goal of $8000.

Great look, guys. You're fooling... somebody, apparently.

[lossolo]

It went from 1k -> 2k -> 4k to 8k, so I guess the next will be 16k and then 32k..

[edm0nd]

Now it's $8,000

>$4,560 of $8,000 raised

[calvinmorrison]

nothing could be LESS mysterious

[phailhaus]

I see it at $2,130 fifteen minutes after your comment.

[Aurornis]

Yes, it’s updating now. Ctrl-F this thread and search for ‘365’ and you’ll see that it was not changing for several hours despite donations rolling in.

[jetbalsa]

I suspect someone is updating that bar by hand :V

[jrochkind1]

"Please donate so we can automate near-realtime display of our donations bar" doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Ghoelian]

Probably yes, it's still at 2130

[gastonmorixe]

Oh wow. I’m sorry. I should have done more due diligence and a better title.

[gastonmorixe]

for the record: it was 300$ of 1k when I saw this site. 12h later it changed to 11k?? what happened no idea.

[gastonmorixe]

my suggestion: stop donating! unless until they clarify what’s going on. the goal said 1k

[mmmpetrichor]

I think maybe the title of this topic post is the main source of misinformation.

[Aurornis]

It’s definitely the title. The title is a plain and simple lie.

[gastonmorixe]

yeah. Lesson learned: never share on HN late at night without paying more attention. I’m sorry guys. It wasn’t my intention at all, I was trying to learn about time syncing and thought they really needed help to keep the site and devs support up. 2 months left and 1k goal looked sad and perfect for us to help. I failed in the title badly and no idea what they are doing by changing the goal. I will dig deeper later. It was 100% my fault. Stop donating. I only hope they are not a scam. :/