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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
What would you be paying for? Serious question. This is user driven content… nobody is on payroll here. It’s not comparable at all to the services you’ve named. They also attract new users all the time, due to the nature of them and the content. This site doesn’t.
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Correct. I generally try to avoid ads, and am happy to pay to do so. If there isn't a payment option to avoid them, I will generally use alternate means.
Ads are irritating and an invasion of privacy as they track you.
That said - I support this site, and understand it takes money to run it. I would happily provide money directly if the opportunity were to exist.
I would even suggest an annual NPR style fundraiser would (possibly?) outstrip whatever is brought in by the banners here. I could be way off base there, but would love the chance to see how it would do.
The membership of this site is generally old, and generally deeply invested in it. I know for me, it's basically the only social media that I use.