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want a portable power bank wireless AP SD card and USB reader for your mobile devices check the link in the video description to learn more about the adata dashdrive air AE 400 we've been reached out to many times with people asking how they can support linus tech tips particularly the linus tech tips com forum other than disabling adblock liking on facebook following on twitter watching more videos clicking on the videos more and just generally following our every moves at every possible waking moment which not everyone wants to do and we totally understand but that doesn't mean that you don't want to contribute in some way and there are costs associated with running a community forum such as the one that we have on Linus tech tips com I find it funny that Linus decides to bring up cost of the forum when I sure hasn't paid me anything but there have definitely been a lot of costs to the forum I pay you some not much Oh anyway those of you who might remember the forum started on a test bench under my desk at my house hoping that it might be able to withstand what was thrown at it running a beta version of vbulletin 5 which was a horrible idea made by Linus but it has moved multiple times is now sitting on a rack in a data center and has a plethora of other things that are helping us keep it up if you're one of the veterans who are around forever again you'll remember the immense amount of down time that we had we've mostly been staying alive lately and that's not cheap speaking of staying alive valve is a bunch of geniuses because digital items are apparently worth real currency and our way to show your support for something that you really enjoy so on the linus tech tips forum we have implemented a badge or pin system that goes next to your posts now there are some that you can't buy such as being a member of the folding at home team or being a moderator or other examples like that but for the first time ever this campaign will be running for a month you can contribute to the linus tech tips forum to earn an exclusive first blood badge we're calling this the first blood campaign because it's the first time because that those aren't even words because this is the first time that we've ever taken donations to support anything that we've ever done so by being one of our first supporters you will have one of these badges no one else can ever get one ever so there's four tiers of badges and you can contribute whatever you want but if you contribute at least ten dollars you get a bronze badge at least twenty-five dollars you get a silver badge and at least fifty dollars you get a gold badge now they have the right corresponding backgrounds but the blood on the color increases depending on which bad you get and these badges are designed to be more exclusive they aren't that cheap but we don't expect that many people to get them because they are supposed to be like the first time thing they're only available for this month and like most starter and IndieGoGo 'he's this isn't one but like most of them they have that insane tier thing at the bottom that like no one should realistically by if they have any amount of logic but it's there and- so the logic process here was what could possibly represent higher than bronze silver or gold platinum you might say to which I would reply no wrong the answer is of course pink so for five hundred dollars then that would be like we said we weren't really expecting anyone to buy this I will hand draw you as close as I can possibly get in mspaint and which will be terrible so let's set the expectations where they should be we will film the process and create a dedicated video for you thanking you for your purchase of the pink level badge so it'll be hand drawn by me we're going to video it we're going to call you out and say thank you very much at the beginning of one of our other videos and that's what you get for for a five-hundred-dollar contribution which i I really don't think anyone's going to do this if they do then Color Me color me surprised speaking of colors guys get your badges now click on the link in the video description or check out the banner on the top right of the linus tech tips com forum and thank you very much for letting us know what you think of this idea because I'm sure even by the time you've made this far in the video you've already posted a comment saying whether you like it or dislike it under the video so thanks in advance for that