Forum costs, maintenance and advertising

[saynta]

I'd pay to read Tony74, Killa and St Pav. Maybe Aeon F.
Would have to be paid to read Vortex.
For all the rest of us participants, I judge it to be a fairly even exchange of subjective ignorance, wise opinion, clever observation and hope. Some garbage (mea culpa) but we all can get emotional. I'd promise to read the adds.
I don't think it would be right/necessary to pay to be abused by Saynta. I'm pretty sure he would do that for free.

Bit of a low blow there Yorkeys. When the f*** have I ever abused you?

[The Fireman]

He was on the money though in respect to the serial pest

[The_Dud]

I'd pay to read Tony74, Killa and St Pav. Maybe Aeon F.
Would have to be paid to read Vortex.
For all the rest of us participants, I judge it to be a fairly even exchange of subjective ignorance, wise opinion, clever observation and hope. Some garbage (mea culpa) but we all can get emotional. I'd promise to read the adds.
I don't think it would be right/necessary to pay to be abused by Saynta. I'm pretty sure he would do that for free.

Bit of a low blow there Yorkeys. When the f*** have I ever abused you?

The only way you know how to communicate on here is via abuse!

[nostalgicsaint]

As someone who works in advertising I can't see significantly more revenue being raised via programmatic or direct advertising than what you would receive from donations etc.

With the exception of perhaps gambling/booze advertising.

Years ago- I think it'd have been of interest and in fact offered quite a large potential sponsorship myself- the sites a bit dated now and smaller.

That said if you do go down that path let me know and I can introduce you to a few people who might be able to help.

[Vortex]

As someone who works in advertising I can't see significantly more revenue being raised via programmatic or direct advertising than what you would receive from donations etc.

With the exception of perhaps gambling/booze advertising.

Years ago- I think it'd have been of interest and in fact offered quite a large potential sponsorship myself- the sites a bit dated now and smaller.

That said if you do go down that path let me know and I can introduce you to a few people who might be able to help.

51 votes cast, gives you a bit of an idea of the sites very low traffic, most of those are on the pension so probably not much commercial potential.

[Teflon]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

[The Fireman]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

[saynta]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the world ain't perfect.

[The Fireman]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the word ain't perfect.

crikey I thought you were one of the 6

[saynta]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the word ain't perfect.

crikey I thought you were one of the 6

[Teflon]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the word ain't perfect.

“WORLD ain’t perfect “
Aren’t you the site’s spellcheck????
I’d get rid of you 6 times ….invite you back in…go again ..rinse repeat…
No more serial pests - new site rule
Vote 1: Teffers

[The Fireman]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the word ain't perfect.

“WORLD ain’t perfect “
Aren’t you the site’s spellcheck????
I’d get rid of you 6 times ….invite you back in…go again ..rinse repeat…
No more serial pests - new site rule
Vote 1: Teffers

and they have to members of the RTB fanboy club

[amusingname]

Good to see a thread about trying to keep the forum afloat and functioning has just devolved into the standard tit-for-tat about who people don't like.

And it is a surprise that site traffic is down?

[asiu]

like herding cats

u can take a cat to a river in a bag
but u cant (insert own ending here)

the bit about
stinger being banned 6 times was pretty bloody funny but


this will end up as a Vote Off

lol , whose got the most friends

[saynta]

I’m happy to pay to be a mod for 24hrs ..that’s all I need..I know where to go..
After that you won’t have to worry about funding
The 6 of us left will just need to decide what we want to do next..

yep..we'll sort something out

And if I was a mod, teffers and his 5 buddies(I doubt he has 1 let alone 5) would be long gone.

We can all dream but the word ain't perfect.

“WORLD ain’t perfect “
Aren’t you the site’s spellcheck????
I’d get rid of you 6 times ….invite you back in…go again ..rinse repeat…
No more serial pests - new site rule
Vote 1: Teffers

"Vote 1: Teffers" Yeah well many millions of brain dead yanks voted for that despicable moron Trump too.

[asiu]

in facto , ergo , ipso

we could have the Weekly Vote Off

Sponsored by 'Nosh'

(rules of play under development)

with the voted offee either taking his week off
or putting $50 in the Site Fund

[asiu]

The Great Saintsational Weekly Vote OFF

that'll get the punters back !!

especially those with an axe to grind

[Vortex]

Good to see a thread about trying to keep the forum afloat and functioning has just devolved into the standard tit-for-tat about who people don't like.

And it is a surprise that site traffic is down?

It’s so annoying, I couldn’t enjoy my cornflakes this morning

[Cordz2]

No gambling ads please

[AeonFlux]

The Flux Report has proudly had sponsors for a while now. Glad to see that ZZ is finally catching up with our pioneering innovation.

And in this spirit, after speaking to a couple of ex-AFL footballers, word is, long time ZZ forum favourite saynt Nosher Powell has agreed to come on board as the inaugural ZZ forum sponsor.

Onya Nosh!


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Absolutely! Great work dad!

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[n1ck]

Vote results FWIW:

Are you okay with advertising on the forum to assist with costs and maintenance?
YES 86%
NO 14%
(51 votes)

[whiskers3614]

Vote results FWIW:

Are you okay with advertising on the forum to assist with costs and maintenance?
YES 86%
NO 14%
(51 votes)

Nick, you still haven't told us what contributions would be required to leave things as they are.

[Vortex]

Vote results FWIW:

Are you okay with advertising on the forum to assist with costs and maintenance?
YES 86%
NO 14%
(51 votes)

Nick, you still haven't told us what contributions would be required to leave things as they are.

I hope we haven’t got another Simon on our hands, Simon was desperate to commercialise the site for some strange reason (insert sarcasm emoji).

Yes N1ck was given the very clear message that he could raise the money needed without commercialising the site and he has been very sneaky in the way he framed the question for his vote.

Folks we’ve been down this road before with an individual and his hidden agenda and you will seriously regret a site with intrusive advertising and be spammed with adds to hook up with girls from Ukrain.

A little transparency would go a long way, many question have been asked of you N1ck in this thread and you have conveniently not answered them.

What’s the agenda?

[shanegrambeau]

The question is in aid of making a binary choice..
..any choice is going have collateral damage

..the talk (or non-talk i.e. not answering specific questions, deflecting, delaying, diluting etc.) is in aid of defending the binary choice and minimizing collateral damage

0 no ads
1 ads

So far ‘ads’ is clearly winning.

Why?

I think because it’s easier. Some one doesn’t need to ‘deal with’ posters, collect their contributions, campaign every year like 3RRR in the 1980s and 90s !! Although I loved 3RRR!

When I tried to suggest we have a mental health sub forum , it was criticized and it was suggested to me that we already ARE a mental health forum.

Perhaps we could solicit ads from BigPharma only?
Or religious organizations?

[shanegrambeau]

The question is in aid of making a binary choice..
..any choice is going have collateral damage

..the talk (or non-talk i.e. not answering specific questions, deflecting, delaying, diluting etc.) is in aid of defending the binary choice and minimizing collateral damage

0 no ads
1 ads

So far ‘ads’ is clearly winning.

Why?

I think because it’s easier. Some one doesn’t need to ‘deal with’ posters, collect their contributions, campaign every year like 3RRR in the 1980s and 90s !! Although I loved 3RRR!

When I tried to suggest we have a mental health sub forum , it was criticized and it was suggested to me that we already ARE a mental health forum.

Perhaps we could solicit ads from BigPharma only?
Or religious organizations?