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Originally Posted by Stanathan
I'm not sure if CP members choose to ignore it or not, but the amount of advertising on CP is astounding and I imagine it comes with 6 figures of annual revenue and if not, very close to it.
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Bwahahahahahaaaa!!!
Advertising on forums and advertising on a regular site with the same traffic is like comparing apples and dishwashers. Sure a forum generates lots of hits, but it's the same small group of people over and over.
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Originally Posted by Stanathan
I don't think you just want to be telling CP members you don't need them because I'm sure these paying advertisers are expecting a certain amount of hits etc.
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He's not telling all CP members we don't need them, he's telling one CP member that can't understand he's walking uninvited into someone else's house and complaining about the carpet. I would say and Bingo I'm sure would agree, that we don't want posters who can't abide by the rules without complaining about them.
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Originally Posted by Stanathan
but with this amount of money involved, things like the YLYL thread going away are likely happening to try and reach new demographics to increase revenue.
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*more laughter*
Incorrect premises lead to incorrect conclusions. Search all the threads in the mod area discussing rule changes, and you'll never find any of them concerned one iota with trying to change the rules to increase increase revenue. Bingo's not ever handed down a directive to change how things are done to serve driving revenue.
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Originally Posted by Stanathan
I can't say any of this is certain or true, but when significant amounts money are involved, I have a hard time believing that the decisions are genuinely made for the benefit of society and not for the benefit of the owners' pockets.
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I can say for certain that the narrative you've imagined it isn't true. Or are you saying I'm lying?
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Originally Posted by Stanathan
I just don't buy all the cuddly crap and and I get a good chuckle at it because I feel money is corrupting the genuine nature of the recent decisions.
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Well your feelings are wrong. All the discussions about any rule changes and policy changes involved people who get exactly $0. The mods and admins are all volunteers who do it because they see value in the site and community.
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Originally Posted by Stanathan
Oh yeah, server costs are huge...
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Define huge. $5 a month on Dreamhost isn't going to cut it...