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+THANKS.md merge=union
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 # Paperless
 
-[![Documentation](https://readthedocs.org/projects/paperless/badge/?version=latest)](https://paperless.readthedocs.org/) [![Chat](https://badges.gitter.im/danielquinn/paperless.svg)](https://gitter.im/danielquinn/paperless) [![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/danielquinn/paperless.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/danielquinn/paperless) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/danielquinn/paperless/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/danielquinn/paperless?branch=master)
+[![Documentation](https://readthedocs.org/projects/paperless/badge/?version=latest)](https://paperless.readthedocs.org/) [![Chat](https://badges.gitter.im/danielquinn/paperless.svg)](https://gitter.im/danielquinn/paperless) [![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/danielquinn/paperless.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/danielquinn/paperless) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/danielquinn/paperless/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/danielquinn/paperless?branch=master) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/THANKS-md-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless/blob/master/THANKS.md)
 
 Index and archive all of your scanned paper documents
 
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+# Thanks for using Paperless
+
+Working on this project has been exhausting, but rewarding at the same time.
+It's just wonderful that so many people are using this thing, and in so many
+crazy ways!
+
+This file is here for everyone to post their own stories about how you use this
+code.  It helps me to understand who's using it and why, and maybe to give
+others an idea of how it might be used.  It's based on a Twitter exchange
+between [John Glanville](https://twitter.com/hexapodium) and
+[Julia Evans](https://github.com/jvns) and later better defined [here]() 
+
+To contribute, simply issue a pull request that appends to this file something
+like this:
+
+```
+### Your Name
+Some friendly message
+```