Ads in the Forum!
Yes, there are ads in the forum. Again!
I just want to make sure everyone knows I don't receive one red cent from the ads that have recetly begun displaying in the forum.
I don't get one dime for running this site! I'm able to run it here, for free, because ASSTR has been kind enough to let me host the site on their servers (hence the asstr.org domain name!). Since ASSTR doesn't have the technical capablities to let me run a forum on those servers, though, my forum is run off a third-party site called Rapidforum. Now, Rapidforum lets us do a lot of cool things, but unlike ASSTR.org they're a for-profit company. Rapidforum wants to make money! To do so, they insert nasty, intrusive, and annoying ads into any forum they host.
Rapidforum makes money off of those ads. I do not!
My forum would be as ad-free as this site if I knew a reliable place to host it 100% free. Unfortunately, no such site exists. And so, we're forced to suffer the consequesnces: pop-ups and sidebar ads, in exchange for a totally free, cool place to talk and exchange ideas (and porn sometimes!). I think it's a fair trade-off, which is why I keep the forum up.
Now, in the past, some awesome and generous members of the forum (and our little site!) have paid Rapidshare's $3.75+/month rate to remove the ads from there. Just very recently, the last such purchase expired, so the ads have returned. I hope that all of you will continue to register there, and post there, so that our community can continue to thrive! Even though the ads are back, I hope none of you are scared away. I'm like you: I hate ads!!! Still, if seeing them is the price of freedom... shrugs! :)
...oh! And if any of you are willing and able to pay Rapidshare's rate for a no-ad site, please see this thread in the forum about it. Or just e-mail Spencer directly, whichever! :P
-shannon-
~going back to the forum...!~
I just want to make sure everyone knows I don't receive one red cent from the ads that have recetly begun displaying in the forum.
I don't get one dime for running this site! I'm able to run it here, for free, because ASSTR has been kind enough to let me host the site on their servers (hence the asstr.org domain name!). Since ASSTR doesn't have the technical capablities to let me run a forum on those servers, though, my forum is run off a third-party site called Rapidforum. Now, Rapidforum lets us do a lot of cool things, but unlike ASSTR.org they're a for-profit company. Rapidforum wants to make money! To do so, they insert nasty, intrusive, and annoying ads into any forum they host.
Rapidforum makes money off of those ads. I do not!
My forum would be as ad-free as this site if I knew a reliable place to host it 100% free. Unfortunately, no such site exists. And so, we're forced to suffer the consequesnces: pop-ups and sidebar ads, in exchange for a totally free, cool place to talk and exchange ideas (and porn sometimes!). I think it's a fair trade-off, which is why I keep the forum up.
Now, in the past, some awesome and generous members of the forum (and our little site!) have paid Rapidshare's $3.75+/month rate to remove the ads from there. Just very recently, the last such purchase expired, so the ads have returned. I hope that all of you will continue to register there, and post there, so that our community can continue to thrive! Even though the ads are back, I hope none of you are scared away. I'm like you: I hate ads!!! Still, if seeing them is the price of freedom... shrugs! :)
...oh! And if any of you are willing and able to pay Rapidshare's rate for a no-ad site, please see this thread in the forum about it. Or just e-mail Spencer directly, whichever! :P
-shannon-
~going back to the forum...!~
posted by Shannon at 4:13 AM
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